COLLECTION NAME:
CU Museum of Natural History: Joe Ben Wheat Collection on Textiles
Record
Collection Name:
CU Museum of Natural History: Joe Ben Wheat Collection on Textiles
Title:
Slave blankets: textile analysis sheets
Title Type:
Devised
Name:
Wheat, Joe Ben
Name Role Term Text:
Creator
Resource Type:
Text
Genre:
Artifact analysis worksheet
Date Created:
1972/1996
Language Term:
English
Extent:
51 pages
Form:
Records (Documents)
Abstract:
This file contains textile analysis sheets for a genre of textile known as the slave blankets. Slave blanket is a term for blankets produced by Diné (Navajo) people who were slaves in Spanish and American households. Diné people were forced into slavery as until the 1870s, part of a larger pattern of the enslavement of indigenous peoples in America following European colonization. The blankets woven by these individuals have unique characteristics, namely a blend of Diné and Spanish Colonial (Old Rio Grande) characteristics.
Subject Topic:
Textile research
Subject Topic:
Navajo textile fabrics
Subject Topic:
Indian textile fabrics
Subject Topic:
Textile industry
Subject Topic:
Dyes and dyeing
Subject Topic:
Indians of North America
Subject Topic:
Navajo blankets
Subject Geographic:
Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & Utah
Subject Geographic:
Southwest, New--Antiquities
Subject Temporal:
Twentieth century
Identifier:
JBT01_032.pdf
Physical Location:
CU Museum of Natural History
Date Captured:
2023
Internet Media Type:
application/pdf
Digital Origin:
reformatted digital
Access Condition:
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