Wool in tapestry weave; indigo blue and white on dark red ground; widthwise design divided into three sections by blue bands; upper and lower third: blue terraced zigzags and broken-stripe bands; middle third: alternating blue and white terraced zigzags and alternating blue and white broken stripe bands in diamond design; all edges repaired with buttonhole stitch (no original selvedge); minor old repairs to body. Red: raveled two-ply cochineal-dyed bayeta; white, indigo blue: one-ply native handspun.
Donor:
Estate of Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Southwestern United States
Verbatim coll. place:
Southwest
Culture or time period:
Navajo
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1860-1869
Taxon:
Dactylopius coccus
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Blankets (coverings)
Function:
2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment)
Production date:
ca. 1860s
Accession date:
1920
Context of use:
Man's shoulder blanket of "Classic Period," ca. 1860s. Made for Navaho wearing apparel and for sale to other Indians and as serape to Mexicans.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 121 centimeters and length 164 centimeters
Loans:
S1973-1974 #39: Palo Alto Cultural Center (November 27, 1973–January 8, 1974), S1973-1974 #8: Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History (July 25, 1973–September 19, 1973), and S1980-1981 #58: University of California, Davis (April 3, 1981–September 12, 1981)