Sarape; wool in tapestry weave; additional silk and metal wrapped yarns, fringe. Cream ground, central medallion and border of grey, black, blues, gold, and majenta. Flowers along edges of pattern. Wool, silk, metallic threads, cotton warp; weft face tapestry weave with kelim slits. 1m 12 cm X 2m 41 cm (without fringe).
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Coahuila, Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
Mexico; Northern Mexico; Saltillo style
Culture or time period:
Mexican
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Cotton (textile), Silk, and Wool (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Sarapes
Function:
2.4 Fine Clothes and Accoutrements not used exclusively for status or religious purposes