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Diné (Navajo) Native North American

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

Description

Maker

Culture

Diné (Navajo)

Title

Women’s wearing blanket (manta)

Year

ca. 1880

Medium

Wool; twill

Materials/Techniques

Materials

Type

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John Sloan

Object Number

42.093

Exhibition History

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

The Zuni, like the other Pueblo tribes, wove many of their own textiles. The Zuni weaving tradition differed from the Hopi in that it was the women who did the weaving and embroidery and not the men. They made blankets and styles of clothing similar to the Hopi examples exhibited in this gallery. Unlike the Hopi the Zuni no longer practice the craft of weaving and concentrate instead on silversmithing.

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