Diné (Navajo)
Woman’s Blanket
Diné (Navajo), 1879-1889
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Diné (Navajo)
Woman’s Blanket
Diné (Navajo), 1879-1889
Physical Qualities
Handspun wool, dyes, 60 3/8 × 56 1/4 in. (153.3 × 142.8 cm.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Florence Reese Winslow
Object Number
1953.220.A.14
Natural tan/white ground, fringe at 2 ends, yellow selvage on 2 sides, 2 central bands of three nested stepped diamonds in red, tan/white, blue. Bands are separated by band of red, tan/white, blue, red. Central bands are flanked by band of red containing short bands of tan/white and blue alternating with individual terraces in tan/white and blue. Moving toward each end, red bands are abutted by tan/white band containing red terraced triangles with continuous blue zigzag. Ends are asymmetrical. One end has uneven red border, other end has tan/white and red band containing nested, double terrace in tan/white and blue.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest, 1953; Florence Reese Winslow, Baraboo, WI.
Dena S. Katzenberg, Baltimore Museum of Art, "And Eagles Sweep Across the Sky," September 18-November 13, 1977.
Katzenberg, D. S. "And eagles sweep across the sky": Indian textiles of the North American West. Baltimore: Baltimore Museum of Art, 1977:54