Blanket
59-14-37
From: Arizona | New Mexico | Navajo Reservation
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 59-14-37 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Navajo |
| Provenience | Arizona | New Mexico | Navajo Reservation |
| Culture Area | Southwest Culture Area |
| Locus | Navajo |
| Date Made | ca. 1880-1890 |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Homespun Wool | Synthetic Dye |
| Description | Late phase, Moki-style woman's Chief blanket. Two-ply (bayeta?) blue-gray wool. The background is small blue-gray and black stripes interspersed approximately every fifteen centimeters with stripes containing white wefts. In the center is a large stepped-diamond design element with white, blue-gray and red stripes. At each corner of the blanket and in the middle of the two length-sides half this design element appears. The edges are overcast with blue-gray overhand stitching. |
| Length | 202 cm |
| Width | 122 cm |
| Credit Line | Exchange with Denver Art Museum, 1959 |
| Other Number | RN-110-G - Old Museum Number |
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