DepartmentTextiles-Latin America

Blanket

NameBlanket

Artist Artist not recorded

Dateca 1800

Place madeGuatemala, Central America

Mediumwool

DimensionsOverall: 51 3/16 in. (130 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Fred Harvey Collection, Museum of International Folk Art, IFAF Collection

Object numberFA.1979.64.93

Collections

DescriptionWeft ikat, woven in 2 widths, seamed. Indigo blues and white. Undecorated band up center. Central diamond type motif flanked by elaborate pine tree and jar-type ikat motifs; field is repeat pulled ikat zig-zag motifs.Old tags read: Mexican zarape, old, Juan Olivas,2/7/06.Con't