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Late Classic single saddle blanket
Date:	Circa 1870-1875

“General John A. Logan, a U.S. senator from Illinois, probably collected this blanket while visiting the Southwest as a member of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee around 1880-1882.

Early single saddle blankets are rare. Fancy blankets like this were made to use on top of a saddle—for show—and were sold to travelers as curios.

This blanket’s commercial 3-ply yarns were manufactured in Germantown, Pennsylvania, from the late 1860s to about 1875, when 4-ply mill-spun yarn replaced the earlier version. Weavers obtained the yarns from local trading posts.” —Ann Hedlund

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Tapestry weave, interlocked joins

0.795 x 0.68 m; Fringe 0.060 m
26.772 x 31.299 in.; Fringe 2.362 in.

Catalog No. 22081

Function	Fiber	Type	Ply-Spin-Twist			Color	Dye	Count *
Warp	Wool	Commercial	3	s	Z	Gold	?	13
Warp	Wool	Commercial	3	s	Z	Purple	Synthetic	13
Weft	Wool	Commercial	3	z	S	Red	Synthetic	46
Weft	Wool	Commercial	3	z	S	Orange-Red	Synthetic	46
Weft	Wool	Commercial	3	z	S	Yellow-Orange	Synthetic	46
Weft	Wool	Commercial	3	z	S	Forest Green	Indigo+Native	46
Weft	Wool	Commercial	3	z	S	(Golden Yellow?)	Vegetal	46
Weft	Wool	Handspun	--	Z	--	Dk Blue	Indigo	46
Weft	Wool	Handspun	--	Z	--	White	None	46
Weft	Wool	Handspun	--	Z	--	Lt Blue	Indigo	46
Ecord	Wool	Handspun	3	z	S	Dk Blue	Indigo	2
* threads/inch