'Eye-dazzler' Blanket

COLLECTION NAME:

The AMICA Library

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AMICO~1~1

The AMICA Library

Collection

true

AMICA ID:

MIA_.75.56

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MIA_.75.56

AMICA ID

false

AMICA Library Year:

1999

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1999

AMICA Library Year

false

Object Type:

Textiles

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Textiles

Object Type

false

Creator Nationality:

North American; Native American; Navajo

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North American; Native American; Navajo

Creator Nationality

false

Creator Role:

artist

crr

artist

Creator Role

false

Gender:

F

cgn

F

Gender

false

Creator Name-CRT:

Diné (Navajo)

crt

Diné (Navajo)

Creator Name-CRT

false

Title:

'Eye-dazzler' Blanket

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'Eye-dazzler' Blanket

Title

false

View:

Front

rid

Front

View

false

Creation Date:

about 1900

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about 1900

Creation Date

false

Creation Start Date:

1898

ocs

1898

Creation Start Date

false

Creation End Date:

1902

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1902

Creation End Date

false

Materials and Techniques:

wool

omd

wool

Materials and Techniques

false

Classification Term:

woven

clt

woven

Classification Term

false

Dimensions:

L.76 x W.53 in.

met

L.76 x W.53 in.

Dimensions

false

Component Measured:

overall

mcm

overall

Component Measured

false

Measurement Unit:

in

mdu

in

Measurement Unit

false

AMICA Contributor:

The Minneapolis Institute of Arts

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The Minneapolis Institute of Arts

AMICA Contributor

false

Owner Location:

Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

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Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Owner Location

false

ID Number:

75.56

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75.56

ID Number

false

Credit Line:

The Christina N. and Swan J. Turnblad Memorial Fund

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The Christina N. and Swan J. Turnblad Memorial Fund

Credit Line

false

Rights:

http://www.artsmia.org/restrictions.html

orl

<a href="http://www.artsmia.org/restrictions.html"target="_new">http://www.artsmia.org/restrictions.html</a>

Rights

false

Context:

Elaborately patterned "blankets" which were used primarily as a body wrap, rather than a bed cover, were popular items of clothing used by the Diné people of the Southwestern United States. Always an indicator of wealth, styles initially indicated the rank of the wearer. By the end of the nineteenth century, the wearing blanket became more of a fashion statement with bold, individualistic designs were created to dazzle the viewer.

During this period the Diné weavers, who were women, drew inspiration from the large and dramatic serapes woven by men in the workshops of Northern Mexico during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. An example of this style is also on view in this gallery.

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Elaborately patterned "blankets" which were used primarily as a body wrap, rather than a bed cover, were popular items of clothing used by the Diné people of the Southwestern United States. Always an indicator of wealth, styles initially indicated the rank of the wearer. By the end of the nineteenth century, the wearing blanket became more of a fashion statement with bold, individualistic designs were created to dazzle the viewer.During this period the Diné weavers, who were women, drew inspiration from the large and dramatic serapes woven by men in the workshops of Northern Mexico during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. An example of this style is also on view in this gallery.

Context

false

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'Eye-dazzler' Blanket