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Woman's shoulder blanket, third phase
Object Number 60-2-10/38975
Display Title Woman's shoulder blanket, third phase
Descriptions
Object Description Woman's shoulder blanket, third phase. Cross-enclosed full diamond center, half diamonds at edges and quarter diamonds at corners on striped blue and white or blue and red field Thread count: 4-4.5 warp per cm, 24-30 weft per cm. Lazy lines. Weft: deep rose z-spin, s-twist, 2-ply wool; red z-spin, s-twist, 2-ply wool; blue-black z-spin wool; dark brown z-spin wool; greenish-tan z-spin, s-twist, 2-ply wool; cream z-spin wool. Warp: dark brown Z-spin wool, cream z-spin wool. Selvages: all four sides blue-black z-spin, s-twist 3-ply cords woven in in corners augmented, tied
Inventory Description Blanket, woven wool, black and white striped pattern, red diamond design
Classification
  • Blanket
Department Ethnographic
Date c.1870-1880
Culture
  • Navajo
  • Late Classic Period (US Southwest)
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States
Materials Wool, Dye, Sheep wool, Indigo, Aniline dye
Dimensions Overall: 110 x 136 cm (43 5/16 x 53 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Provenance
Collector Gen. John Pitman (1880s?)
Donor Elizabeth Pitman (1/6/1960)

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