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A rare Salish blanket (1926)

Orchard, William C · New York : Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation · leaf 24

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A RARE SALISH BLANKET pulled off and over the loops. The side and lower edges are finished with a fringe made of strings of coarsely spun goat-hair, the side fringes applied through the loops as shown in fig. 6. The fringe of the lower edge, how- ever, instead of being threaded through the loops,… … the other exhibits a variety in which the Fig. 7 crossings are all over-two and under-two (fig. 7), producing a slightly different surface pattern. Both blankets have been bonded and supplied with fringe along their lower edges, as shown in figs. 5 and 6. They are of about the same size, six feet…

Salish Indians · Salish textile fabrics · Indian textile fabrics · Indians of North America

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