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Chief’s-style blanket/rug, third phase
Date:	Circa 1890-1900

“This is something that I would do. That is, I identify with the weaver. Her style is really uniform.” —Barbara Ornelas

“This heavy textile was woven as a rug rather than a wearing blanket. The same pattern is pictured in a 1905 mail-order catalogue from Hubbell Trading Post in Ganado, Arizona. It is listed as the ‘very oldest pattern known’ and then cost about $25.” —Ann Hedlund

“I don’t feel invited by this rug. It’s sort of like a glamorous woman saying, ‘Don’t touch me.’ It has acool, aloof attitude, like Katherine Hepburn or Greta Garbo—aloof. Too cool for school! It’s a bit high strung, but I dig it.” —Sierra Ornelas

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Tapestry weave, dovetailed joins

1.725 x 1.43 m; Tassels 0.070 m
56.299 x 67.913 in.; Tassels 2.756 in.

Catalog No. E-1600

Gift of Margaret Link Schevill, 1942.

Function	Fiber	Type	Ply-Spin-Twist			Color	Dye	Count *
Warp	Wool	Handspun	--	Z	--	White	None	6
Weft	Wool	Handspun	--	Z	--	Red	Synthetic-Strong	20
Weft	Wool	Handspun	--	Z	--	Dk Blue	Synthetic--Faded, Speckled	20
Weft	Wool	Handspun	--	Z	--	White	None	20
Weft	Wool	Handspun	--	Z	--	Dk Brown	None	20
Ecord	Wool	Handspun	3	z	S	Dk Blue	Synthetic	2
* threads/inch