1880s Transitional Child’s Blanket
Tribe: Navajo (Diné)
Item #WA01047
1880s Navajo Transitional child’s blanket woven with handspun wool, aniline dyes, and natural indigo blue. A vivid red ground is organized with a vertical row of stepped diamonds, flanked by serrated black-and-cream bands and smaller blue diamond motifs. The blanket is in excellent condition and retains strong color and finely executed geometric detail.
38.5” (3' 2.5") Width, 52” (4' 4") Length
- Era
- Circa 1880s
- Dyes
- Aniline Dyes, Indigo
- Wool
- Handspun
From our Vintage Collection
Our vintage pieces are sourced from private collections. Whenever possible we identify the artist, tribe and approximate date, and any wear that comes with age is part of each piece’s story. Most of our antique Navajo weavings date from the 1870s to the 1940s.
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