Southwest Man's Wearing Blanket

Description:

Southwest Man's Wearing Blanket, Navajo, third quarter 19th century, tightly woven in variant "second phase" chief's pattern using homespun and raveled wool, in natural ivory, variegated dark brown, deep indigo blue, and cochineal-dyed red with indigo and red stripes in a meandering pattern, (wool loss, old repairs),66 x 60 in.
Estimate $15,000-20,000