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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Native American; American Indian; Diné (Navajo)
Title:Blanket
Date Made:ca. 1900
Type:Textile
Materials:Wool with aniline dyes
Place Made:North America; United States; Southwest
Measurements:overall: 81 in x 52 3/4 in; 205.74 cm x 133.985 cm
Accession Number:  MH SK K.131
Credit Line:Joseph Allen Skinner Museum, Mount Holyoke College
Museum Collection:  The Joseph Allen Skinner Museum at Mount Holyoke College
 

This object is under review for NAGPRA-sensitivity.

Recent updates to NAGPRA (Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act) require consent from lineal descendants and/or affiliated Native American Tribes or Native Hawaiian Organizations before displaying or researching cultural items. We have removed the public image of this belonging until we can learn more about the wishes of affiliated Tribal officials or the descendants of those who made it.

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Description:
Pattern is black and white horizontal stripes, with a section of red and black stripes down the center. Along the border are red and black stripes, step patterns, and square patterns in red and black. Gray/blue fringe on the two ends.

Tags:
indigenous people; Native American

Subjects:
Indians of North America; Indigenous peoples; Wool

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