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• Auction House:
  Webb's
• Sale Name:
  Oceanic & African Arts
• Sale Date:
  26 Mar 2013 ~ 6pm (NZ time)
• Lot #:
  333
• Lot 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.
  H.1,330mm, W.2,080mm
• Provenance:
  Frances Gillmor collection, USA. Frances Schreuder and Frank Bradshaw, USA. Peterson, collection, USA. Private collection, New Hampshire, USA.
• Estimate:
  NZ$7,000 - 10,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Tribal

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