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#22 Late Classic Navajo Child's Blanket
Navajo Child's Blankets- ARTIST
- Navajo Child's Blankets
- YEAR
- 1870
- MEDIUM
- Navajo Weaving
- DIMENSIONS
- 50" x 32"
- STATUS
- Available
The vertical zigzag element in Navajo weaving shows up in serapes and chief ’s blankets at least as early as the 1850s. This post-Bosque late classic is a great example of the vertical zigzag design on a banded blanket. While most Bosque Redondo influenced serrations create a vertical orientation, this piece adheres to the classic period layout of horizontal bands with the early type vertical zigzag forming the zonal elements. Cochineal-dyed bayeta zones in the field, juxtaposed with brighter aniline-dyed bayeta in the center and ends, would become common as the Navajo transitioned into synthetically dyed yarns. The blanket measures 50” x 32” with cochineal-dyed bayeta, aniline-dyed bayeta, indigo blue, and handspun white.