Third Phase Chief's Blanket
Arizona or New Mexico
ca. 1880
lac and cochineal dyed bayeta, indigo dyed handspun Churro fleece, undyed brown and white Churro fleece
height: 58"
width: 70"
Inventory # S4024
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Provenance
Private collection, Denver, CO
Related Examples
National Museum of the American Indian, No. 22/1687 – See: Bonar, Eulalie H. (ed.). Woven By The Grandmothers. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1996, pg. 75, pl. 22
Los Angeles County Museum, Nos. A. 5141.42-35, A.5141.42-132 and A. 5141.42-133 – See: Navajo Textiles, Blomberg, Tuscon, University of Arizona Press, 1988, pgs. 66, 68 and 71
William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art, Kansas City, See: Bertlant, Anthony and Hunt Kahlenberg, Mary. Walk in Beauty: The Navajo and Their Blankets. Salt Lake City: Gibbs Smith, Publisher, 1977, pl. 34