Collection: Warnock

Item Number: WC9106001

Category: Strip - Blanket Strip

Region: Plateau

Tribe: Plateau - Western Plateau

Period: 1850-1875 - ca. 1860

Materials: Native tanned hide; Multi-colored glass seed beads; Dyed porcupine quills; Horsehair; Red wool cloth; sinew sewn.

Description: Blanket strip is composed of four rosettes and four panels. Rosettes are decorated with quill wrapped horsehair, a bead border, and framed with red cloth. Panels are fully beaded with geometric patterns in various colors with white being the dominant color.

Dimensions: Length 59.5 inches 151.2 cm; Width 5.875 inches 14.9 cm

Provenance:

Howard Roloff- Northlands Explorations, Inc.
Epic Fine Arts Co./Masco Corp.

Exhibitions:

Splendid Heritage, Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian, Santa Fe, May 27, 1995 - September 27, 1995
Eiteljorg Museum, Indianapolis, October 23, 1998 - October 3, 1999

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