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83-36-1

From: Arizona | New Mexico | Navajo Reservation

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 83-36-1
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Navajo
Provenience Arizona | New Mexico | Navajo Reservation
Culture Area Southwest Culture Area
Date Made ca. 1920
Section American
Materials Homespun Wool | Synthetic Dye
Description

Blanket style design. Cotton warp and wool weft. Interlock tapestry with "lazy lines." Black and grey stripes with wide central and end bands in red containing black, grey, and blue stripes of varying length. Overall condition good with small areas of broken warps, some breaks in yarns binding weft selvedges.

Length 170 cm
Width 128 cm
Credit Line Gift of W. W. Keen Butcher, 1983

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