1890s Transitional Child’s Blanket material_white-buffalo Belt Width: 1"

Belt Width: 1"

Hand-Carved and Painted Hopi Warrior Mudhead Kachina Holding a Spear and a Spruce Bough

Ceremonial Basket

mounted on a natural wood base with an integrated Mudhead (Koyemsi) figure

Sheep Scapula Rattle

1890s Transitional Child’s Blanket material_white-buffalo Belt Width: 1"1890s Handwoven Navajo Transitional Childs Blanket with Hand Carded and Spun Wool with Bright Aniline Dyes. Navajo weavings were originally made as blankets, but during the late 1800s, the arrival of inexpensive machine woven blankets reduced demand for hand woven ones. As traders introduced these pieces to tourists for use as rugs and wall hangings, weaving shifted in purpose. The transitional period was a time when Navajo weavers were transitioning