Chief's Blanket (First Phase style), Diné (Navajo) people, Southwestern Region, Native American, wool with cochineal and vegetal dyes

Chief’s Blanket (First Phase style)

Diné (Navajo) people, Southwestern Region, Native American

About 1865 - 1875

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