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SKU: 230206-35

Navajo Classic Period Dress Panel - Bayetta - Indigo

$6,500.00

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ca 1870
53" x 34" 
With wear primarily on edges

We can have the dyes tested, but our opinion is that the reds are Cochineal. 

Repair service quote is on request. Priced as is. 

January 28, 2023

Provenance of JN Butler Collection

The Janet Nelson Butler Collection was developed by her great-uncle Edward William (E.W.) Nelson (1855-1934). The Wikipedia page on E.W. Nelson states that he was an American naturalist and ethnologist. Initially Mr. Nelson’s research was in Alaska. However, he developed tuberculosis and relocated to the American Southwest in 1890. His studies ranged from Death Valley to Mexico. The Smithsonian Institution houses his collection of artifacts from the Alaska expeditions.
Family oral history as related by Janet was that that many parts of the Indian Collection were pawned items purchased at trading posts by E.W. Nelson, while some items may have been purchased by his brother F.W. Nelson.
E.W. Nelson never married and had no children. Upon his death, his collections passed to R. Leiland Nelson, the only child of his only sibling. Upon the death of R. Leiland Nelson’s wife, their sole surviving child Janet Nelson Butler received the collection. Janet Nelson Butler passed away in 2022 and had no children.

Condition: Good

Tribe: Navajo

Year Range: 1850 - 1875

Region: Southwest

Dimensions: 53 in34 in

Category: Navajo Rug - Dress Panels

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