Chief Blanket
Artist
Diné (Navajo)
Date1860-1880
Mediumnatural handspun wool and bayeta (unraveled wool cloth); indigo dye
Dimensions56 1/2 × 70 3/4 inches (143.5 × 179.7 cm)
Credit LineBequest of H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1965
Object number82.900.109
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionChief pattern third phase. Yarn colors are navy, brown, red and white.Label TextThe stripes of the Chief Blanket provide the basic pattern. In the third-phase blanket, triangular shapes are entered into the rectilinear design of the blanket. In this early third-phase blanket, diamonds and sections of diamonds are used instead of blocks of color.
ProvenanceKohlbergs, Denver Colorado; H.J. Lutcher Stark [1887-1965]; bequeathed September 2, 1965 to the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation; accessioned to the Stark Museum of Art
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Diné (Navajo)
1860-1880
1830-1860
