About This Artwork

Navajo
Northern New Mexico or Arizona, United States

Chief Blanket (Third Phase), c. 1860/65

Wool, single interlocking tapestry weave; twined edges; corner tassels
149.6 x 173.9 cm (58 7/8 x 68 1/2 in.)
Robert Allerton Endowment, 2001.151

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Exhibition History

The Art Institute of Chicago, American Arts Department, Gallery 265, "Window on the West," June 10–October 16, 2003

Publication History

Judith A. Barter. Window on the West: Chicago and the Art of the New Frontier 1890-1940. Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago; New York and Manchester, Vt.: Hudson Hills Press, 2003), p. 56, fig. 16.