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Transitional pictorial blanket
Date:	Circa 1885-1895

“I think this is off-the-wall. Like, when some guys clean up a room, they don’t really clean up the room, you know? I don’t see a woman weaving this, looking at horses and cows this way.” —Barbara Ornelas

“This makes me think of Gary Cooper and Jimmy Stewart and my grandfather. The cowboys! And Michael is experimental in his weaving like this, too.” —Sierra Ornelas

“The side elements seem like little corrals or fences; or they might be two-sided weaving combs. If these black and white ones are houses or hogans, then the horses are upside down.” —Michael Ornelas

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Tapestry weave, interlocked and diagonal joins

1.52 x 2.09 m
82.283 x 59.843 in.

Catalog No. 12421

Gift of Mr. Alexander, Douglas, AZ, 1927

Function	Fiber	Type	Ply-Spin-Twist			Color	Dye	Count *
Warp	Wool	Handspun	--	Z	--	White	None	7
Weft	Wool	Handspun	--	Z	--	Red-Pink	Synthetic, Tested 2004	23
Weft	Wool	Handspun	--	Z	--	Orange	Synthetic	23
Weft	Wool	Handspun	--	Z	--	Black	Synthetic	23
Weft	Wool	Handspun	--	Z	--	White	None	23
Ecord	Wool	Handspun	3	z	S	Orange	Synthetic	2
* threads/inch