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Sash
Name/Title
Sash
Lexicon
Description
Ceinture Flechee
Acquisition
Source (if not Accessioned)
Abenaki Cultural Conservancy
Made/Created
Date made
circa 1880
Entry/Object ID
L2024.3.190
Trade Blanket
Name/Title
Trade Blanket
Lexicon
Description
Woven wool blanket with black, yellow, red, and grey stripes.
Acquisition
Source (if not Accessioned)
Abenaki Cultural Conservancy
Woven Textile Details
Weave Type
Plain Weave
Made/Created
Date made
1790-1810
Materials
Material
Wool
Entry/Object ID
L2024.3.122
Context
This very well preserved “point blanket” was found in Stowe, Vermont and is exceedingly interesting. First, although well preserved, it had much of the wool nap worn from it compared to standard Hudson Bay and Whitney blankets that commonly came out of closets and cedar chests in turn of the century camps along Lake Champlain. Second, the “point” was inked in with indigo, indicating that the value could be assigned by the trader, something never seen in the later 19th and 20th century “Point” blankets. This was evidence of antiquity.
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