Sarape
1880s (made)
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Tapestry-woven wool on a cotton warp. The serape is woven with wide stripes of red, green, and purple, each stripe having a zig-zag pattern in a different colour. In the centre is a large diamond-shaped ornament in red, with a pattern of smaller diamonds. The border is red with a green zig-zag, and is bound with a red silk braid, and at each end is a red silk fringe. The serape is made in two pieces, joined down the centre.
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| Materials and techniques | Tapestry-woven in wool on a cotton warp, and trimmed with silk fringe and braid |
| Brief description | Tapestry woven wool; Mexico; 1880s. |
| Physical description | Tapestry-woven wool on a cotton warp. The serape is woven with wide stripes of red, green, and purple, each stripe having a zig-zag pattern in a different colour. In the centre is a large diamond-shaped ornament in red, with a pattern of smaller diamonds. The border is red with a green zig-zag, and is bound with a red silk braid, and at each end is a red silk fringe. The serape is made in two pieces, joined down the centre. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by A. P. Maudsley |
| Object history | Registered File no. 2743/1931. |
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| Accession number | T.19-1931 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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