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Sarape

Mexican
1890s
Object Place: Mexico

Medium/Technique Saltillo style sarape of wool and cotton tapestry with diagonal joins; silk velvet with silk floss appliqué embroidery, silver-colored woven trim and spangles, and silver-colored closures and chain
Dimensions 117 x 218 cm (46 1/16 x 85 13/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Benjamin Kimball
Accession Number12.49
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ClassificationsCostumes

DescriptionSaltillo style sarape with a white mainfield powdered with red and black dots. Around four sides is a border of zig-zag lines of green, red, pink, yellow, brown, blue and white. A medallion like the border is covered with a piece of velvet embroidered with roses in white and tan color. Three silver clasps of a .....? design fasten the opening in the middle of the serape, and at each end of the opening is an owl's head in silver from which hang two short pieces of chain.
ProvenanceBenjamin Kimball; gift to the MFA, February 1, 1912