Transitional Period Blanket
Diné (Navajo)
Southwest
about 1880-1890
Wool and Aniline dye
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Elizabeth and Michael Mayor
2015.4.3
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Textile: Blanket
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Southwest
Not on view
Provenance
Lorenzo Hubbell Trading Post, Ganado, Arazona; collected by Collis Potter Huntington (1821-1900); to his adopted son and his wife, Archer Milton Huntington (1870-1955) and Anna Vaugh Hyatt Huntington (1876-1973); to Anna Huntington's sister, Harriet Randolph Hyatt Mayor (1868-1960); to her son, Brantz Mayor (1906-2006); to his son and wife, Michael and Elizabeth Mayor, Hanover, New Hampshire; lent to present collection, 2015; given to present collection, 2016.
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