Blanket
Artist:
Diné (Navajo)
Date: c. 1900
Medium: Textile
Classification: Furnishings
Credit Line: Gift of Dorothy Mayo Harvey
Object number: 1975.21.2
Descriptionwarp: tightly spun wool-4 threads/inch
weft: thick spun wool- 14 picks/inch pattern; Navajo arrowhead (repeated band design with modified chevrons)
colors: white background, pattern bands red with white & dk. brown chevrons
edges: warp edges are bound in red with warp ends woven in salvage egdes interwoven in yellow wool
weave: plain