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Blanket

Object Number:38775
Current Location: Collections Storage
Culture:Hopi
Provenience: Arizona
Mishongnovi
Navajo Reservation
Second Mesa
Culture Area: Southwest Culture Area
Date Made: 1880-1900
Early Date: 1880
Late Date: 1900
Section:American
Materials:Homespun Wool
Natural Dye
Length: 177.8 cm
Width: 142.24 cm
Credit Line:Wanamaker Expedition to the Southwest, R. Stewart Culin, 1901
Other Number:NA38775 - Other Number

Description

Long, rectangular, weft faced blanket with white ground and compound stripes running horizontally throughout. Stripes are made up of thin bands of light brown, dark brown, and white lines. The compound stripe pattern is repeated five times. Fragments of tassels at each corner.

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