Object Number | NA2485 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Navajo |
Provenience | Arizona | New Mexico |
Culture Area | Southwest Culture Area |
Date Made | ca. 1885 |
Section | American |
Materials | Germantown Wool | Synthetic Dye |
Technique | Woven | Dyed |
Description | Blanket with vertical zigzags on an orange background. The left and right sides have a tight zigzag in black and gray. Four wide zigzags with toothed edges are between the edges and center. Two of these wide zigzags are in a sequence of yellow, black and gray, and the other two are in a sequence of white, gray and black. The center has a tight zigzag in yellow and gray. The top of the blanket has a gray band and a yellow band, each with a twisted band of white, black, orange, and yellow along only one border. The bottom of the blanket has two gray bands and one yellow band with the same twisted band along one border. One tassel is at each corner. |
Length | 185 cm |
Width | 136 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of Mrs. Archibald Barklie, 1915 |
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