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Late classic sarape
Date:	Circa 1865-1872

“This must have been made right after the Navajos came back from Hweeldi (the Long Walk to Bosque Redondo in New Mexico). Whoever wove this was happy when they did it, because everything is connected; everything is even and symmetrical and there are no ‘anger points.’” —Barbara Ornelas

“Most 19th-century weavers were female, but a few men also wove. We have no evidence that their designs differed from one another. The stepped lines, rectangles, and crosses in this blanket were very popular design motifs during the Late Classic period.” —Ann Hedlund

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Tapestry weave, interlocked joins

0.995 x 1.34 m; Tassels 0.080 m
52.756 x 39.173 in.; Tassels 3.150 in.

Catalog No. E-2167

Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Guy H. Fitzgerald; collected by Mrs. Fitzgerald’s father, Wetter Henry, secretary of state of the New Mexico territory from 1870 to 1873.

Function	Fiber	Type	Ply-Spin-Twist			Color	Dye	Count *
Warp	Wool	Commercial	3	z	S	White	None	9
Warp	Wool	Commercial	3	z	S	Dk Brown	None	9
Warp	Wool	Commercial	3	z	S	Red	?	9
Weft	Wool	Commercial	3	z	S	Red	Sampled (Not Tested?)	46
Weft	Wool	Commercial	3	z	S	Yellow	Synthetic	46
Weft	Wool	Commercial	3	z	S	Lt Green	Synthetic	46
Weft	Wool	Commercial	3	z	S	White	None	46
Weft	Wool	Handspun	--	Z	--	Dk Blue	Indigo	46
Weft	Wool	Handspun	--	Z	--	Yellow-Green	Indigo+Native	46
Weft	Wool	Handspun	--	Z	--	Med Blue	Indigo	46
Ecord	Wool	Commercial	3(3	z	S)Z	Lt Green	Synthetic	2
* threads/inch