CIRCA 1850-60

Details

A NAVAJO CLASSIC WOOL MANTA
CIRCA 1850-60
woven of raveled crimson bayeta and handspun indigo blue wool
39 x 54 in.

Provenance

Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation, New York
Anthony Berlant, New York
Cristof de Menil, New York
Bert A. Lies, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Stanley and Linda Marcus, Dallas, Texas
Sotheby's, New York, 2 December 1998, lot 94

Literature

Joshua Baer, Twelve Classics (Santa Fe, 1989), plate 2.

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Lot Essay

The specific type of weaving seen in the present manta is rare, as is its blue center. Joshua Bear explains, "Blue center mantas are the rarest of all Navajo mantas , and this blue center manta has profound intensity and style" (Twelve Classics (Santa Fe, 1989), pl. 2).

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