Child's blanket
date: label: Date created
content: circa 1868
name: label: Culture/People
content: Diné (Navajo)
label: Expedition
content: Powell Geographic Expedition (1869)
label: Expedition leader
content: Major John Wesley Powell (J.W. Powell), Non-Indian, 1834-1902
label: Previous owner
content: William Randolph Hearst, Non-Indian, 1863-1951
label: Auction venue
content: Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc. (Sotheby Parke Bernet/Parke-Bernet Auction House)
notes: label: Collection History
content: Said to have been collected in 1869 during the Powell Geographic Expedition through the Colorado River, led by Major John Wesley W. Powell (1834-1902, later head of the US Geological Survey and the Smithsonian's Bureau of Ethnology); formerly in the collection of William Randolph Hearst (1863-1951, a newspaper magnate and collector); purchased by MAI at a sale of Hearst’s collection held by the Parke-Bernet Galleries (New York City) in 1963.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Arizona; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Diné (Navajo)
label: See related items
content: Clothing/Garments: Outerwear (flat)
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 23/2770
label: Barcode
content: 232770.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Clothing/Garments: Outerwear (flat)
label: Indigenous Term
content: beeldléí
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Child's blanket
label: Media/Materials
content: Wool yarn, synthetic yarn
label: Techniques
content: Woven
label: Dimensions
content: 100.00 x 74.00 cm