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Blanket

Native NameNoodozii
Object Number:NA3477
Current Location: Collections Storage
Culture:Navajo
Provenience: Arizona
New Mexico
Culture Area: Southwest Culture Area
Date Made: 1800-1850
Early Date: 1800
Late Date: 1850
Section:American
Materials:Homespun Wool
Natural Dye
Technique:Woven
Dyed
Length: 149.5 cm
Width: 193.5 cm
Credit Line:Purchased from Mrs. Patrick Henry Ray, 1915
Other Number:G197 - Other Number

Description

First Phase Chief Blanket - Ute Type

Fine old chief's blanket; all native hand spun. Earliest style with stripes only

Current & Past Exhibitions:

Living in Balance: The Universe of the Hopi, Zuni, Navajo, and Apache (20 May 1995 - 2013) View Objects in Exhibition
Native American Voices: The People - Here and Now (01 Mar 2014) View Objects in Exhibition

Bibliography:

[Book] Wheat, Joe B. 1984. The Gift of Spiderwoman. Southwestern Textiles. The Navajo Tradition.. The University Museum. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 27View Objects related to this Actual Citation
[Book] Preucel, Robert W., and Wierzbowski, William S., and Williams, Lucy F. 2005. Native American Voices on Identity, Art and Culture: Objects of Everlasting Esteem.. Philadelphia. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: Pages 132-133/Plate 51View Objects related to this Actual Citation

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