10/429 (associated catalog number, for blanket in the Laboratory of Anthropology collection)
Accession number:
Acc.1945G
Description:
Plate #12, print of Navajo blanket in the collection of the Laboratory of Anthropology . Blanket depicted: about 1890, size 53" x 70", zoned design of medium hand-spun wool for white, native dyed black, and aniline dyes for red and purple, the latter much faded. From original painting by Louis H. Ewing. Stamped on back: NAVAJO BLANKETS, Laboratory of Anthropology, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Donor:
Laboratory of Anthropology at Santa Fe
Collection place:
Southwestern United States
Production place:
Santa Fe, Santa Fe County, New Mexico
Culture or time period:
Navajo
Maker or artist:
Louie H. Ewing
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Paper (fiber product)
Object type:
ethnography
Production date:
1942
Accession date:
February 28, 1945
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
whole— width 20 inches and whole— height 26 inches
Title:
Plate 12
Comment:
Copy No. 159 of 200; From original paintings by Louis H. Ewing