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Woman’s-style blanket, second phase
Date:	Circa 1885-1900

“The design of the so-called woman’s-style blanket is similar to the chief’s style, but smaller, with narrower bands and muted colors. Few photos show women wearing these blankets, so the name used by writers and collectors indicates a style rather than the owner’s gender.” —Ann Hedlund

“I want to give people an idea that we didn’t go straight from first to second phase, and second straight to the third. There was more variation in styles than that.” —Barbara Ornelas

“Yes, it wasn’t a master evil plan! I like this one—the others are more traditional, in a ‘traditional’ sense.” —Michael Ornelas (smirking at double meaning)

“This gives a different take from a traditional second phase chief’s blanket. It shows that weavers back then were doing different kinds of things, not just one certain thing. The stripes and the colors and patterns—the tree-like ones, they’re just different.” —Barbara Ornelas

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Tapestry weave, interlocked joins

1.475 x 1.03 m
40.551 x 58.071 in.

Catalog No. E-1643

Gift of K. and A. McEwen, 1943; purchased by donors from Babbitt Brothers.

Function	Fiber	Type	Ply-Spin-Twist			Color	Dye	Count *
Warp	Wool	Germantown	4	z	S	White	None	8
Weft	Wool	Germantown	4	z	S	Dk Blue	Synthetic	51
Weft	Wool	Germantown	4	z	S	Purple	Synthetic	51
Weft	Wool	Germantown	4	z	S	Black	Synthetic	51
Weft	Wool	Germantown	4	z	S	Red	Synthetic	51
Weft	Wool	Germantown	4	z	S	Green	Synthetic	51
Weft	Wool	Germantown	4	z	S	White	None	51
Weft	Wool	Germantown	4	z	S	Gray	None	51
Ecord	Wool	Germantown	3(4	z	S)Z	Black	Synthetic	2
* threads/inch