Shared Spirits
PENDLETON®
2009 Legendary Wool Blanket

SHARED SPIRITS
PENDLETON® Legendary Wool Blanket

For a century, Pendleton Woolen Mills has woven the legends and symbols of Native American tribes into beautiful blankets. Native Americans were our first and remain our most loyal customers. In the early 20th century, Pendleton was among the few American mills making blankets specifically for the Indian trade. A Pendleton blanket continues to signify honor and respect. For a hundred years, Native Americans have acknowledged births, deaths and major milestones and accomplishments with the gift of a Pendleton blanket. Shared Spirits celebrates the commonalitites of these diverse yet unified cultures and our lasting relationships with them.

This brilliantly colored design incorporates imagery that is universal among the tribes rather than symbols specific to one tribe or region. The sun, moon, stars, and rain clouds represent an honored relationship with the spiritual world of the cosmos. Native American reverence for the natural world is represented by both flora - corn, squash, beans and tobacco - and fauna - buffalo, bear, elk and eagle. The dynamic central image is a sacred circle filled with a cross, a universal symbol of the origin of humankind and the four directions that guide us on our journey through life.

Size 64 x 80 inches.
Composition: 82% wool; 18% cotton warp.