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Single saddle blanket (transitional style)
Native American, Diné [Navajo]
about 1875
Object Place: Southwest, North America
Medium/Technique
Wool tapestry weave with diagonal joins
Dimensions
Overall: 76.2 x 74.9 cm (30 x 29 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number02.75
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionHorizontal bands of yellow, pink and red; on the wider bands are herringbone designs in white, red , pink, yellow and dark blue; yellow fringe on end. Five zones of vertical zigzags, alternating with pink and red bands. Red and dk blue zigzags at looped warp end. (Dating depends on red and pink dyes ...)
Provenance1902, gift of Denman Waldo Ross (b. 1853 - d. 1935), Cambridge, MA, to the MFA. (Accession Date: May 10, 1902)