Collector:

Thomas V. Keam  Search this

Donor Name:

U.S. Department Of Interior  Search this

Culture:

Navajo (Diné)  Search this

Object Type:

Blanket

Place:

Arizona, United States, North America

Accession Date:

23 Feb 1894

Notes:

FROM CARD: "168,240 GRAY, COARSE CHECKS." Anthropology catalogue ledger book attributes this to Thomas Keam.

There is an entry on this artifact in The Joe Ben Wheat Southwest Textile Database, Arizona State Museum, The University of Arizona, www.statemuseum.arizona.edu. Direct link to entry: http://www.statemuseum.arizona.edu/coll/textile/jbw_southwest_textile_database/textiles/analysis/969. Identified there as a Navajo Diyugi.

Illus. Fig. 20, p. 121 in Christopher T. Green, "A Stage Set for Assimilation: The Model Indian School at the World's Columbian Exposition," Winterthur Portfolio 51, no. 2/3 (Summer/Autumn 2017): 95-133. https://doi.org/10.1086/694225 .

Record Last Modified:

17 Aug 2021

Specimen Count:

1

Topic:

Ethnology  Search this

Accession Number:

027833

USNM Number:

E168240-0

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Data Source:

NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/30721dc7d-7376-46c4-9518-32a10dc01a6b

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8348411