Saddle blanket
date: label: Date created
content: circa 1865
name: label: Culture/People
content: Diné (Navajo)
label: Collector
content: Major John Wesley Powell (J.W. Powell), Non-Indian, 1834-1902
label: Previous owner
content: Ellen Louella Thompson (Nellie Powell/Mrs. Almon Harris Thompson/Mrs. A. H. Thompson), Non-Indian, 1840-1911
label: Previous owner
content: Hallie Kelley Davis (Mrs. Walter W. Davis), Non-Indian, 1877-1970
label: Donor
content: Hallie Kelley Davis (Mrs. Walter W. Davis), Non-Indian, 1877-1970
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collected in 1869 during an exploration and survey of the Colorado River by Major John Wesley Powell (1834-1902, later head of the US Geological Survey and the Smithsonian's Bureau of Ethnology); given by Major Powell to his sister, Ellen Louella Thompson (Mrs. Almon Harris Thompson, 1840-1911) when he returned from the Grand Canyon Expedition; given by Mrs. Thompson to Hallie Kelley Davis (Mrs. Walter W. Davis, 1877-1970) circa 1900; donated to MAI by Mrs. Davis in 1927.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: New Mexico; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Diné (Navajo)
label: See related items
content: Animal Tack and Animal Husbandry
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 15/7719
label: Barcode
content: 157719.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Animal Tack and Animal Husbandry
label: Indigenous Term
content: beeldléí
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Saddle blanket
label: Media/Materials
content: Wool yarn
label: Techniques
content: Woven
label: Dimensions
content: 128 x 82 cm