Blanket
NA5754
From: Arizona | New Mexico | Navajo Reservation
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | NA5754 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Navajo |
| Provenience | Arizona | New Mexico | Navajo Reservation |
| Culture Area | Southwest Culture Area |
| Date Made | 1880-1890 |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Homespun Wool | Synthetic Dye |
| Description | Blanket with horizontal zigzags. A dark red, weft faced band bisects orange diamonds in the center. On either side of the central diamonds are three zigzags in a sequence of red, white, and black. The top and bottom of the blanket have half diamonds in red with a border in orange and red. Each larger zigzag has a zigzag edge. Selvedge cords are red. Red tassel at each corner. |
| Length | 208 cm |
| Width | 149 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Gen. Richard M. Blatchford, 1917 |
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