Navajo Child's Shoulder Blanket
Artist
Navajo Nation
Date1870
MediumWool, aniline dye
DimensionsOverall: 33 x 48 in. (83.8 x 121.9 cm)
ClassificationsTextile, Fiber Arts, & Beadwork
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of the Albuquerque Historical Society
Object numberPC1967.4.66
DescriptionThe blanket takes a rectangular shape and has three layered colored borders consisting of the colors cream, green, and red with fringed ends. At the horizontal borders are green and black shapes that are cut off at their halfway point. At the center of this object, the shapes are repeated and consist in their entirety with added cream and grey colors.On View
Not on viewTerms
1865-1875