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Diné (Navajo) Native North American

Women’s wearing blanket (manta), ca. 1880

Description

Maker

Unknown

Culture

Diné (Navajo)

Title

Women’s wearing blanket (manta)

Year

ca. 1880

Medium

Wool; twill

Materials/Techniques

Materials

wool

Type

Textiles

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John Sloan

Object Number

42.093

Exhibition History

Blankets and Baskets

July 2 - October 10, 2004

Although attributed by cataloguers to the Zuni, this manta may be Navajo-made. It resembles other Navajo fancy mantas of the period. Its bright red color derives from commercially spun and dyed Germantown (Pennsylvania) yarns and dates the piece to after the Navajo internment at Bosque Redondo (1864-68), when these yarns were first distributed.
Gift of Mrs. John Sloan 42.093

Form, Pattern, and Function

December 4, 1992 - January 24, 1993

A World of Costume and Textiles

September 22 - November 12, 1989

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