Chief Blanket
Artist
Diné (Navajo)
Date1880-1890
Mediumnatural handspun wool; commercial dyes and possibly bayeta (unraveled wool cloth)
Dimensions60 × 73 inches (152.4 × 185.4 cm)
Credit LineBequest of H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1965
Object number82.900.122
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionYarn colors are red, navy, white, brown and green. White is natural color. Third Phase Chief Blanket. Pattern stripes possibly bayeta (unraveled wool cloth).Label TextThe weaver used a hexagon for the color blocks.
ProvenancePossibly Pedro Muniz; September 27, 1927 J.F. Collins Co. Inc., Santa Fe, New Mexico; 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)
