Unknown
Saddle Blanket
Unknown, 1919
Scroll
Unknown
Saddle Blanket
Unknown, 1919
Physical Qualities
Wool, cotton, 31 1/2 × 27 in. (80 × 68.6 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Dena S. Katzenberg, Baltimore
Object Number
1978.95.12
Two corner tassles, 2 tassle remnants; orange, gray, red selvage. Two-faced (reversible) saddle blanket woven in a twill weave (previously used terms 'staffered'/'staggered' may not be appropriate) in concentric diamond designs of red, deep blue, green, black and yellow. Unusual surface shows two color shadings. Upper portion red, green, and deep blue, lower portion red, yellow, black. Green, red and deep blue 3' loop fringe at bottom.
Katzenberg, Dena. And eagles sweep across the sky. Indian textiles of the North American West. Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1977, cat. no. 53, p. 35, ill.