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Wearing blanket

Native American, Diné [Navajo]
about 1885
Object Place: United States, Southwest

Medium/Technique Wool tapestry weave with dovetail and interlocked joins; 2/2 twined green, top-dyed green cords on ends
Dimensions Overall: 209.6 x 123.2 cm (82 1/2 x 48 1/2 in.)
Credit Line Gift of John Ware Willard
Accession Number12.1084
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsTextiles

DescriptionMoki step-patterned blanket with red lattice and crosses; round of black and dark blue stripes; design consists of light pink and red stripes forming diamonds and enclosing two red and white crosses. Blue, brown, and white handspun, red commercial Germantown yarn
ProvenanceBetween about 1885 and 1898, probably acquired by John Ware Willard (b. 1859 - d. 1914), Brookline, MA [see note]; 1912, gift of John Ware Willard to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 7, 1912)

NOTE: Willard worked as a mining engineer in California (voter registers show him in Calaveras County) and the American Southwest between 1885 and 1898.