MEXICAN SARAPE

Object/Artifact

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Homestead Museum

Name/Title

MEXICAN SARAPE

Entry/Object ID

79.43.1.9

Description

Sarape: Table runner size, Mexican, multi-colored stripes with diamond shaped central pattern, beige fringe. (Note from David Clark 02/15/1998: A sarape is "a colorful shawl worn by Mexican women" according to Webster's Dictionary. The original cataloger from 11/18/1993, unnamed, may be describing a tablecloth instead.)

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Shawls

Search Terms

Three-dimensional, Sarapes, Clothing and dress

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Sarapes