Blanket

Museum number:
2-10549
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020010549
Alternate number:
158 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.549
Description:
Fine woolen blanket with black and white stripes chiefly; here and there are short red and blue bands, red occuring on edges and in middle. Second phase "chief blanket." Red is raveled Bayeta, balance handspun; blue is indigo dye; some native repairs.
Donor:
Katherine Hooker
Collection place:
Southwestern United States
Verbatim coll. place:
Navajo
Culture or time period:
Navajo
Collector:
Katherine Hooker
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Blankets (coverings)
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Production date:
ca. 1860
Accession date:
1919
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 142 centimeters and length 170 centimeters
Loans:
S1962-1963 #32: Fresno Arts Center (January 3, 1963–February 12, 1963) and S1963-1964 #42: Department of Geography (UC Berkeley) (November 15, 1963–December 3, 1965)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Blanket, accession number 2-10549, described as Fine woolen blanket with black and white stripes chiefly; here and there are short red and blue bands, red occuring on edges and in middle. Second phase "chief blanket." Red is raveled Bayeta, balance handspun; blue is indigo dye; some native repairs.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Blanket, accession number 2-10549, described as Fine woolen blanket with black and white stripes chiefly; here and there are short red and blue bands, red occuring on edges and in middle. Second phase "chief blanket." Red is raveled Bayeta, balance handspun; blue is indigo dye; some native repairs.

Tools