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Banded Wearing Blanket (Diyugi)

c. 1880–90

America, Native North American, Southwest, Diné (Navajo) or Zuni Pueblo

Medium
Wool (handspun and bayeta): tapestry weave
Measurements
Overall: 172.7 x 127 cm (68 x 50 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of J. H. Wade 1921.555
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Description

This blanket was created during the late 1800s, when weavers in the Southwest began to shift from making garments for Indigenous use, including trade, to additionally create items for non-Native collectors. In this new market, traditional wearing blankets, which were worn around the shoulders, were marketed as rugs.
Rectangular blanket patterned with symmetrical undulating, zebra reminiscent stripes in light orange, dark blue, cream, and earthy green. The green stripes appear at the edges of the blanket with semi-circular lines like arrows pointing towards the center of the rug after the last green stripe. Towards the cream and black stripes are introduced, with blue throughout. Two corners of the blanket retain orange tassels.

Banded Wearing Blanket (Diyugi)

c. 1880–90

America, Native North American, Southwest, Diné (Navajo) or Zuni Pueblo

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