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Child's wearing blanket
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Child's wearing blanket
Native American, Diné [Navajo]
1870–75
Object Place: Arizona or New Mexico, Southwest
Medium/Technique
Wool tapestry
Dimensions
Height x width: 76.2 × 129.5 cm (30 × 51 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the Estate of David Rockefeller from the Collection of David and Peggy Rockefeller
Accession Number2018.243
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsFashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
Catalogue Raisonné
Rockefeller vol. 2, cat. 197
DescriptionMixed commercial and raveled wool yarns, including Saxony and bayeta, and indigo, cochineal, and aniline dyes
Provenance1926, sold by Joseph Henry Sharp (b. 1859 - d. 1953), Taos, NM, to John D. Rockefeller, Jr. (b. 1874 - d. 1960), New York and Seal Harbor, ME; 1961, acquired from the estate of John D. Rockefeller, Jr., by his sons, Nelson A. Rockefeller (b. 1908 - d. 1979) and David Rockefeller (b. 1915 - d. 2017); 1973, ownership acquired fully by David Rockefeller, New York and Seal Harbor; 2018, gift of the estate of David Rockefeller to the MFA. (Accession date: June 19, 2018)