Blanket

NA2485

From: Arizona | New Mexico

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number NA2485
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Navajo
Provenience Arizona | New Mexico
Culture Area Southwest Culture Area
Date Made ca. 1885
Section American
Materials Germantown Wool | Synthetic Dye
Technique Woven | Dyed
Description

Blanket with vertical zigzags on an orange background. The left and right sides have a tight zigzag in black and gray. Four wide zigzags with toothed edges are between the edges and center. Two of these wide zigzags are in a sequence of yellow, black and gray, and the other two are in a sequence of white, gray and black. The center has a tight zigzag in yellow and gray. The top of the blanket has a gray band and a yellow band, each with a twisted band of white, black, orange, and yellow along only one border. The bottom of the blanket has two gray bands and one yellow band with the same twisted band along one border. One tassel is at each corner.

Length 185 cm
Width 136 cm
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Archibald Barklie, 1915

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