serape
- Museum number
- Am1996,10.10
- Description
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Sarape; cotton warp and wool weft, woven on back-strap loom. Central roundel mainly brown with blue, maroon and white patterning. Main field is white with blue and maroon lozenge pattern. Border of main field is predominately brown with yellow, red and white flowers and shapes. Each short edge has striped strip in blue, brown, red, white and yellow.
- Production date
- 19thC (?)
- Dimensions
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Length: 214 centimetres
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Width: 109 centimetres
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited in the British Museum BP Exhibition Showcase: 'Mexican Textiles' (1997)?
- Condition
- Some damage at one side.
- Acquisition date
- 1996
- Acquisition notes
- Majority of collection sold to the Franz Mayer Museum, Mexico City. Collection made by vendor's father whilst diplomat in Mexico, 1902-1906.
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Am1996,10.10
