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BLANKETS
In the millenniums of the future, the blanket craft of historic Indians, would be almost a calling
card of his era. He, as a society, would often be identified by his personal art.
But we are learning of early man, and his new skill, new craft, new way of living, and the
blanket, a seldom recovered page of his history.
The Pecos was fortunate, with the discovery of a child, that had been wrapped and placed at rest
within it's blanket.
It allows us to witness this craft in use. Hundreds of shards from blankets of past use,
were recovered,
unfortunately damage it seems, to the whole as a blanket, would destroy the total.
Our knowledge of
blankets remains, with this baby's rare page of pre history. The lost past, is still far
from having been written.
Take into your imagination, a task of forming thousands of fiber yarns, a pair at a time,
to form a
cord. Then consider the hunting of hundreds of rabbits, their skins, pegged to dry, on the shelter floor, one at a
time, over months.
Take each of these cords, from the mass, and wrap it with a strip of the dried rabbit skin.
One cord at a
time, twisted fibers, twisted yarns, again and again a wrapping of fur.
Yes the amount of work required to make a blanket 4,000 BP was almost unfathomable. Can
you imagine the odds of such a fragile artifact, fur and fibers, surviving the hardships of time?
Even the slightest trace of moisture, after several thousand years would leave little.
That the Pecos has one seems more a miracle than good fortune, maybe both. Yes! We now
offer you one of the rarest items from the past. If you wish to see the child and it's mat in a
display, directory #1 will offer it.
Our second view is a common cord, as it was wrapped in a fur strip. Note the condition of the
fur. The softness of a blanket made this way, fur in and out.
In the millenniums of the future, the blanket craft of historic Indians, would be almost a calling card of his era. He, as a society, would often be identified by his personal art. But we are learning of early man, and his new skill, new craft, new way of living, and the blanket, a seldom recovered page of his history. The Pecos was fortunate, with the discovery of a child, that had been wrapped and placed at rest within it's blanket. It allows us to witness this craft in use. Hundreds of shards from blankets of past use, were recovered, unfortunately damage it seems, to the whole as a blanket, would destroy the total. Our knowledge of blankets remains, with this baby's rare page of pre history. The lost past, is still far from having been written. Take into your imagination, a task of forming thousands of fiber yarns, a pair at a time, to form a cord. Then consider the hunting of hundreds of rabbits, their skins, pegged to dry, on the shelter floor, one at a time, over months. Take each of these cords, from the mass, and wrap it with a strip of the dried rabbit skin. One cord at a time, twisted fibers, twisted yarns, again and again a wrapping of fur. Yes the amount of work required to make a blanket 4,000 BP was almost unfathomable. Can you imagine the odds of such a fragile artifact, fur and fibers, surviving the hardships of time? Even the slightest trace of moisture, after several thousand years would leave little. That the Pecos has one seems more a miracle than good fortune, maybe both. Yes! We now offer you one of the rarest items from the past. If you wish to see the child and it's mat in a display, directory #1 will offer it. Our second view is a common cord, as it was wrapped in a fur strip. Note the condition of the fur. The softness of a blanket made this way, fur in and out. |