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R222 Chief Blanket
Second Phase Chief Blanket by Navajo weaver Melvin Bede from Whippoorwill, Arizona. The hand woven Navajo rug is 62" x 71".
The transition to Second phase blankets was noted by the addition of a red yarn which was procured by un-raveling an imported cloth known as bayeta. Second phase blankets also incorporated small blocks of thinner stripes within the larger stripes. Contemporary Chief Blankets tend to be variations of these phases although the red, blue, black, and white palette and stripes across the entire weaving remain characteristic.
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