This variation on an early classic-style Poncho Serape design is hand loomed and available in 12-ply cashmere.

It is sized to approximate the original poncho's dimensions, 82.5"x 53".  There is a half-inch red suede binding on the outer edge and suede reinforces the 12 inch center neck opening.

The circa 1840-60 poncho that inspired this design is in the Southwest Museum of the American Indian in Los Angeles and was illustrated in Southwest Textiles: Weavings of the Navajo and Pueblo by Kathleen Whitaker.

As quoted in Whitaker's book, Charles Lummis, founder of the Southwest Museum, said in 1925, "This bayeta [is] the most extraordinary blanket I have ever seen..."

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Price upon request