Blanket, Hispanic. Collected by Marjorie Merriweather Post in Chimayó, New Mexico, in 1930. National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, cat. no. 1978.0642.01
Dimensions: 85 in. (warp) x 52 in. (weft).
Technique: Tapestry weave with fringe.
Fibers: wool, aniline dyes.
Design: Light blue background; banding at short edges of alternating white, red, and black lines; three motif blocks of alternating red and black birds edged in white; alternating with arrow motifs.
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