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Object Number
2016.25.3
Display Title
Navajo blanket with large central "I"
Descriptions
Object Description
Navajo blanket with large "I" in center surrounded by pine trees, Greek key border
Inventory Description
Blanket, woven, brown with dark brown crenelated continuous linear design near perimeter, white and black geometric design of a central "I"-shaped feature, six secondary geometric elements
Classification
- Woven
Department
Ethnographic
Date
c. 1900
Culture
- Navajo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
New Mexico
Materials
Wool , Dye
Dimensions
Overall: 170 × 124.3 × 0.5 cm (66 15/16 × 48 15/16 × 3/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
MVTM 68.21.3; 2016.25.3
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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