Saddle Blanket
59-14-34
From: Arizona | New Mexico
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 59-14-34 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Navajo |
| Provenience | Arizona | New Mexico |
| Culture Area | Southwest Culture Area |
| Locus | Navajo |
| Date Made | ca. 1870 |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Wool | Dye |
| Technique | Handspun | Dyed |
| Description | Three-ply saxony wool saddle blanket. Center is decorated with stepped diamonds and interspersing stripes in diamond shape. Both edges have a stepped zig-zag design and striped-diamond patterns. The dominant color is red, with blue, white and light red stripes. The border is overhand stitched. cf. Kahlenberg, M.H. and Berlant, A. "The Navaho Blanket." Los Angeles, Praeger, 1972-- very similar serape |
| Length | 103 cm |
| Width | 75 cm |
| Credit Line | Exchange with Denver Art Museum, 1959 |
| Other Number | RNsd-34-P - Old Museum Number |
Report problems and issues to digitalmedia@pennmuseum.org.