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Moqui stripe blanket
Date:	Circa 1880-1885

“A lot of the old-time weavers unraveled the Rio Grande rugs or sarapes and then rewove them Navajo style. People preferred Navajo blankets to Mexican or Hispanic sarapes, because the Navajo weaving was much tighter and heavier. Some patterns like this probably came from Rio Grande sarapes.” —Barbara Ornelas

“This is like a kid on school picture-taking day—all shiny and bright, spit and polish. The background is busy, having the diamonds ‘clean’ keeps you from feeling overwhelmed.” —Sierra Ornelas

“This weaver was comfortable and knew what she was doing with her patterns. There’s a general flow. It’s bold, but also seems calm to me. The weaving was done in peace and harmony.” —Barbara Ornelas

“The weaver unraveled and rewove a rough-textured commercial American flannel. She used a serrate diamond pattern common in the Rio Grande area of New Mexico.” — Ann Hedlund

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Tapestry weave, interlocked joins

1.285 x 1.715 m
67.52 x 50.591 in.

Catalog No. 22080

Collected by General John Logan; donated by his grandson in 1937.

Function	Fiber	Type	Ply-Spin-Twist			Color	Dye	Count *
Warp	Wool	Handspun	--	Z	--	White	None	9
Warp	Wool	Handspun	--	Z	--	Dk Brown	None	9
Weft	Wool	Handspun	--	Z	--	Black	None Blk+Native	35
Weft	Wool	Handspun	--	Z	--	Blue	Indigo	35
Weft	Wool	Handspun	--	Z	--	White	None	35
Weft	Wool	Raveled	--	Z	--	Orange-Red	Synthetic, Tested 2004	46
Ecord	Wool	Handspun	3	z	S	Blue	Indigo	2
* threads/inch