This is a Navajo poncho from the 1860s and it’s one of rarest Native American weavings you’ll ever see. What makes it so rare is the Spanish influenced construction of the middle area where you’ll see a slit for someone to put their head through. Back in the mid to late 1800s timeframe when this was made, wearing a Navajo textile like a poncho was extremely uncommon and wrapping the blanket around one’s shoulders was the norm. Because of this very few were made this way and most of them are in m