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An attractive Navajo blanket from the Museum's valuable collection. The Xavajo Indians of the 

 Southwest are a wealthy pastoral people, and the best Indian blanket makers of North America. 



older types of blanket here shown contain yarn which was obtained 

 by cutting or raveUing from imported flannels called in Spanish, bayeta, 

 from which the blankets of this sort receive their name. These are 

 either bright red or old rose in color, resulting from cochineal dye. 

 Several blankets are made of yarn bought ready dyed from the traders 

 and are called Germantowns. The greater num})er, however, contain 

 yarn of native spinning, dyed with native vegetable and mineral dyes. 

 The Xavajo are also expert silversmiths. Their tools and samples of 

 workmanship are displayed in a case in the center of the hall. 



[Return to the Jesup Statue. 



EAST CORRIDOR 



Polar Maps 



Leaving the statue on the left and '^Willamette" meteorite on the 

 right and going east the visitor enters the corridor where the elevators 



