Rio Grande Blanket

NameBlanket

Artist Artist not recorded

Place madeTexas, New Mexico, United States, North America

MediumWool

Dimensions87 × 46 1/16 in. (221 × 117 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Alfred I. Barton, A.1965.67.2

Object numberA.1965.67.2

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Rio Grande Textiles

DescriptionAIB No. 309. Original full length, woven in two widths. Handspun light and dark natural warps, 2 ply. Handspun wefts, also 2 ply. Colors, light and dark natural, indigo. Design after Mexican sarapes with side borders of small chevrons.

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1855 - 1870

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ca 1870

Blanket

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pre 1860, D. Bowen

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1875 - 1885

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ca. 1800

Rio Grande Blanket

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1932