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Object Number
2016.25.1
Display Title
Navajo blanket with zig-zag diamonds
Descriptions
Object Description
Navajo blanket, four zig-zag diamonds intergraded around a larger zig-zag diamond, brown and white border
Inventory Description
Blanket, woven, five diamonds with zig-zag edges, four secondary orange geometric designs, cream border within brown border, light brown, gray, brown, red, orange, cream in color, light brown selvage around perimeter
Classification
- Woven
Department
Ethnographic
Date
c. 1900
Culture
- Navajo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
New Mexico
Materials
Wool , Dye
Dimensions
Overall: 156 × 96.2 × 0.4 cm (61 7/16 × 37 7/8 × 3/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
MVTM 68.21.1; 2016.25.1
Credit Line
American Textile History Museum Collection, gift of Mrs. Frank L. Purdon
Provenance
Collector
Colonel Francis L. Purdon
Owner
Mrs. Francis L. Purdon
(-1968)
Donor
Donated by
American Textile History Museum
(11/17/2016)
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