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Chief blanket, modified second phase
Object Number 985-27-10/58890
Display Title Chief blanket, modified second phase
Descriptions
Object Description Chief blanket, modified second phase. Fine, tighly woven blanket with design of three bands of red with key-meander pattern in blue-black and green separated by two large bands of alternating white and brown-black. Thread count : 5 warp/cm and 20 weft/cm. Weft: red z-spin, s-twist, 2-ply wool; dark blue z-spin wool; green z-spin wool; cream z-spin wool; brown black z-spin wool. Warp: natural z-spin wool. Selvages: sides dark blue z-spin, s-twist, 2-ply remains in places, rest mended with button-hole stitch; top and bottom dark blue z-spin, s-twist, 3-ply cord woven in corners augmented with extra yarn lengths. Mended. Great dye-lot variation in red at one end.
Inventory Description Blanket, with red, black, white, and green geometric pattern
Classification
  • Blanket
Department Ethnographic
Date c.1870-1880
Culture
  • Late Classic Period (US Southwest)
  • Navajo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States
Materials Wool
Dimensions Overall: 149 x 179.5 cm (58 11/16 x 70 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 985-27-10/58890 / 34513
Provenance
Collector William H. Claflin, Jr. (1930 - 1985)
Collector William Radcliff Morris (1878-1893 - 1930)
Donor Donated by William H. Claflin, Jr. (1930)

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