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Navajo

Blanket

1890s
Cotton and wool, single interlocking tapestry weave; main warp knotted cut fringe; twined selvages and heading terminating in tassels; needle-made fringe
88.7 × 77.4 cm (34.9 × 30.5 in)

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In the collection of Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago · as of July 2026

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