Navajo BLANKET

Object/Artifact

St. Joseph Museums

Name/Title

Navajo BLANKET

Entry/Object ID

143/5510

Description

Wedge design. DIAGONAL STRIPES/BLACK/RED/WHITE/LIGHTENING DES. Note the weaving along the side edge.

Context

DAZZLER TYPE OF NAVAJO BLANKET, TEXTILE

Collection

NATIVE AMERICAN

Made/Created

Place

Continent

North America

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Region

Four Corners Region

Country

United States of America

Culture/Tribe

Navajo

Native American

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Blanket

Nomenclature Class

Bedding

Nomenclature Category

Category 02: Furnishings

Dimensions

Dimension Description

AS THERE ARE NO DIMENSIONS LISTED, I WOULD SAY THAT IT LOOKS LIKE A SADDLE BLANKET. RLC 9/26/2024

Parts

Count

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Research Notes

Research Type

IN HOUSE

Date

Jan 7, 2025

Notes

FIRST MENTION OF THIS ARTIFACT IS IN THE MISSOURI STATE MUSEUM INDEX THAT THEY CREATED WHEN THE COLLECTION WAS IN THEIR CARE AS A LOAN FROM THE GEORGE FAMILY, IT IS ON P. 38 OF THEIR INDEX, CIRCA 1929

Research Type

IN HOUSE

Person

ROBERT CORDER MD

Date

Jan 7, 2025

Notes

THIS ARTIFACT IS MENTIONED IN THE INSURANCE INDEX OF CIRCA 1955 WHICH WAS PROBABLY COMPILED BY ROY COY, THEN DIRECTOR. IT IS MENTIONED ON P. 88. AND A VALUE OF $150 WAS ASSIGNED.