Mounted Late Classic Blanket, c. 1880

Item: BOR5138P
Material: handspun wool
Size: 69" x 52"
Period: Historic
Origin: Navajo

This is a late 19th century Navajo Late Classic Period blanket woven entirely in native hand spun wool in natural ivory, hand dyed indigo blue, hand dyed aniline red, and yellow. The design features five horizontal zig-zag bands, each comprised of three thin stepped bands in alternating colors, with thin horizontal bands of yellow in between, all on a red field.

SOLD