Auction: American Indian & Ethnographic Arts - 2506Location: BostonDate / Time: May 15, 2010 10:00AM
Description:
Southwest Late Classic Moki Blanket, Navajo, woven with commercial and hand-spun yarns in a banded pattern with diagonal striped and ticked bands on a dark striped background, colors include indigo blue, natural white, and dark brown, two shades of raveled red, one with a mixture of lac and cochineal, the other synthetic, (some restoration),64 x 48 in.
Provenance: The Fred Harvey Collection, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri.
Estimate $6,000-8,000