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

“‘Traditional’ is having big bands all the way across—the wider black and white kind—with patterns at the bottom, middle and top. This one has so many tiny stripes across, even though it has the patterns on the bottom, the middle and the top. The color combinations make it darker than other chief’s blankets.” —Barbara Ornelas

“Such patterning shows influences of trader J. L. Hubbell who encouraged weavers in the Ganado area to repeat earlier wearing blanket styles in heavier rugs for the floor.” —Ann Hedlund

“To get good shades of gray, you have to dye your black first and get the wool as dark as you can. Then you sort your black wool and white wool and you card them together. You have to card two to three times to get the colors that you need, otherwise you will have streaks.” —Barbara Ornelas

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Tapestry weave, dovetailed and diagonal joins

1.5 x 1.175 m
46.26 x 59.055 in.

Catalog No. E-3270

Gift of Elizabeth Crozer Campbell, 1956; collected by donor’s father.

Function	Fiber	Type	Ply-Spin-Twist			Color	Dye	Count *
Warp	Wool	Handspun	--	Z	--	White	None	6
Weft	Wool	Handspun	--	Z	--	Red	Synthetic	30
Weft	Wool	Handspun	--	Z	--	Yellow	Synthetic	30
Weft	Wool	Handspun	--	Z	--	Orange	Synthetic	30
Weft	Wool	Handspun	--	Z	--	White	None	30
Weft	Wool	Handspun	--	Z	--	Black	None Blk+Native	35
Weft	Wool	Handspun	--	Z	--	Gray	None-Blend	35
Weft	Wool	Handspun	--	Z	--	Dk Blue	Indigo	40
Ecord	Wool	Handspun	3	z	S	Magenta	Synthetic	2
* threads/inch