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Wearing blanket (Late Classic/Transitional style)

1890–1900
Object PlaceNorth America
Medium/TechniqueHandspun warps and commercial wefts; tapestry weave with interlock joins
Dimensions134 x 90 cm (52 3/4 x 35 7/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of John Ware Willard
Accession number12.1086
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.