Diné (Navajo)
Chief’s Pattern Blanket, Phase III
Diné (Navajo), 1874
Physical Qualities
Handspun wool, dyes, 60 x 70 in. (152.4 x 177.8 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Dena S. Katzenberg, Baltimore
Object Number
1978.95.8
Ground of brown and white bands; top, bottom and end bands composed of black and red bars. Nine evenly spaced red squares contain nested serrated diamonds in black, orange, and red. Central red bar completely bisects central band of diamonds.
Katzenberg, Dena. And eagles sweep across the sky. Indian textiles of the North American West. Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1977, cat. no. 5, p. 52-53, ill.
Baltimore Museum of Art. The Baltimore Museum of Art: Celebrating a Museum. Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 2014.
