Navajo child's/saddle blanket
19th Century
wool
50" x 31"
warp: 12/inch; weft: 48/inch
White ground almost covered with stripes of red and blue and pale tan. In center, wide area of red with terraced diamond zigzag lines in blue and blue crosses in center. At ends, diamond motifs in red, white and tan. Intermediate zigzag lines of red and blue. White and blue are native wool. Reworked edges. Red, two shades of tan are non-native, two-ply wool.
LAPD DR# 73-679056 (Case 10-1/73)

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