Navajo Wedge Weave Textile, c.1880

Item: UOR1228P
Material: handspun wool
Size: 80" x 49"
Period: Historic
Origin: Navajo

A late 19th century Navajo wedge weave textile woven in hand spun natural ivory and vegetal dyed indigo, raveled and re-carded reds and aniline dyed orange. The blanket features five broad horizontal bands of red with brightly colored zig-zag patterns on the interior, produced using a pulled warp technique known as wedge weave, all on an ivory background. The blanket is bordered by a thin band of red across top and bottom. Blankets woven using the wedge weave technique are rare, even for the period.

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