R315 Woman's Wearing Blanket
Woman's Wearing Blanket by Navajo weaver Rita Gorman. The 55” x 71” blanket is indigo blue, brown and white with a Chief Blanket pattern.
Ca 2001
Traditional, Native-made blankets that were wider than long (when the warp was held vertically) and were known as mantas (wearing blankets.) Wearing blankets were usually wrapped around the shoulders with one long edge turned over as a “collar.”
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