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Classic Pink Diamond Center on White Ground Saltillo
Classic Pink Diamond Center on White Ground Saltillo

Classic Pink Diamond Center on White Ground Saltillo

Secondary TitleClassic Saltillo
Alternate TitleA Classic Saltillo Serape with a Red and Blue Central Diamond and No Border
CultureMexican
Dateca. 1800
MediumThe red yarns are handspun Churro fleece dyed in the yarn with cochineal. The blue yarns are handspun Churro fleeced dyed in the yarn with indigo. The yellow yarns are handspun Churro fleece dyed in the yarn with vegetal dyes. The white yarns are undyed handspun Churro fleece
DimensionsOverall: 98 × 46 inches (248.92 × 116.84 cm)
Credit LineGift of Susan and Conrad De Jong
Object number2025.89.7
On View
Not on view
DescriptionA Classic Saltillo Serape with a Blue and Red Central Diamond and No Border, Northern Mexico, circa 1800. The serape is woven in a two mirror-image vertical panel.Provenance

Collection of Susan and Conrad De Jong, Santa Fe, NM;

Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2025.

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