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Wearing Blanket (Late Classic style)

1880–90
Object PlaceUnited States
Medium/TechniqueWool tapestry weave with interlocked joins
Dimensions138 x 195 cm (54 5/16 x 76 3/4 in.)
Credit LineGift of John Ware Willard
Accession number12.1090
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTextiles
ProvenanceBetween about 1885 and 1898, probably acquired by John Ware Willard (b. 1859 - d. 1914), Brookline, MA [see note]; 1912, gift of John Ware Willard to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 7, 1912)

NOTE: Willard worked as a mining engineer in California (voter registers show him in Calaveras County) and the American Southwest between 1885 and 1898.