About the Artwork
Chief's Blanket
between 1800 and 1863
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Native American
Navajo
Wool
Overall (warp x weft): 55 1/2 × 73 1/4 inches (141 × 186.1 cm)
Textiles
Indigenous Americas
Gift of Mrs. Fremont Woodruff, Mrs. Ellen S. Whitall and William P. Stevens in memory of their brother, Henry Glover Stevens
34.40
Public Domain
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Provenance
Henry Glover Stevens [d. ca. 1934] (Detroit, Michigan, USA);1934, bequeathed to siblings Annie Stevens Woodruff, Ellen Stevens Whitall, and William P. Stevens;
1934-present, given 1934 to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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"FAMILY ART GAME", DIA Advertising Supplement, DETROIT FREE PRESS, April 26, 1981, p 24 (ill).
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Navajo, Native American, Chief's Blanket, between 1800 and 1863, wool. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. Fremont Woodruff, Mrs. Ellen S. Whitall and William P. Stevens in memory of their brother, Henry Glover Stevens, 34.40.
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