Wedge-weave style; wool; zigzags in red, orange and white with blue and black outline; commercial red wool tape binding. Rare "scalloped edge" blanket; 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:
September 10, 1920
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Blankets (coverings)
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Production date:
ca. 1890; 1885 - 1895
Accession date:
1920
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 61 inches, width 49 inches, and 61.75 inches
Comment:
Published: Berlant and Kahlenberg, Walk In Beauty, fig. 57. Remarks: "see Reichard, Navaho Shepherd and Weaver, p. 96" "old label says "45.00"
Loans:
S1962-1963 #32: Fresno Arts Center (January 3, 1963–February 12, 1963)