Classic Child's Blanket, c.1860

Item: GOR5347C
Material: Handspun wool with cochineal, indigo and vegetal dyes
Size: 56" x 33"
Period: Historic
Origin: Navajo

his is a Navajo Classic Period child's blanket woven entirely in native hand spun wool in natural ivory, hand carded gray, indigo blue, and raveled and re-carded pink and dark red, both dyed with cochineal and lac. The textile has an overall design of repeating horizontal bands in alternating colors and widths. The textile has no border.

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