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| Ute Dream |
 In this pair of images, the figure in each image is clothed in a specific variety of first phase chief's blanket.
In “Ute Dream", the blanket is a Ute Style First Phase Chief's Blanket, where the only colors are the browns, the ivory whites and the blues. This style of blanket was popular among high-ranking members of the Ute Tribe in southwestern Colorado. In the late 1860's, Chief Ouray, the head of the Utes, owned at least ten Ute style Chief's blankets, and became famous for making gifts of his blankets to Anglo American engineers, politicians and officers in the United States Cavalry.
In "Navajo Dream", the first phase chief's blanket differs from the Ute Style by its inclusion of red stripes. This style of first phase was known to 19th century Indian traders as a “Navajo style" first phase. Today, Navajo style first phases are more precious than Ute Style first phases. There is at least fifty Ute Style first phases in museum and private collections, but there are only ten known examples of the Navajo style. - Joshua Baer |
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