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Auction House:
Auction Location:
Auckland
Date:
26-Mar-2013
Lot No.
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Description:
Pristine Navajo blanket densely woven woollen blanket with traditional Navajo geometric patterning in red, blue, black and white. Owned by Frances Gillmor, novelist, folklorist and anthropologist whose studies were mainly focused in Mexico and the American Southwest. Gillmor Co-wrote the book -'Traders to the Navajos - the Wetherills of Kayenta', 1934., a copy of this book is included in the lot. Gilmore collected weavings, and this pristine example was said to be the only one she ever sold. Height 133 cm. Width 2,08 cm
Estimate:
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Price:
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Category:
Tribal: American Indian