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Buell Indian Robes

Group of Buell Blankets from their catalog - Aztec and Cheyenne Pattern
Group of Buell Blankets from their catalog - Shoshone & Cherokee pattern
Group of Buell Blankets from their catalog - Comanche & Idaho patterns

Excerpts from the Buell Catalog

Excerpts from the Buell Manufacturing Co catalog featuring several different blanket patterns
Excerpts from the Buell Manufacturing Co catalog featuring several different blanket patterns

Native American Art June/July 2016

Maryhill Museum of Art, Goldendale, Washington

A Kaleidoscope of Color:

Indian Trade Blankets

 

Hanolchadi pattern, ca. 1920.  Buell Manufacturing Company, St. Joseph, Missouri.

Buell, Chihuly and Tributes header
Excerpt from magazine article about glass artist Dave Chihuly and his collection of 16 Buell blankets
Group of Buell blankets in Dave Chihuly's private collection
Cover of the Pendelton Tribute Series featuring Buell Blankets

The first two of these blankets are recently-made reproductions of Aztec and Ojibwa Buell Blankets from Chihuly’s collection. The tribute blankets were made by Pendleton Woolen Mills as part of a series which also included a reproduction Winnebago blanket—the same style (but not color) as the St. Joseph Museums, Inc. blanket.  

Vases produced by glass artist Dave Chihuly

St. Joseph Museums, Inc - 2025

Special thanks to Eileen Dyer in memory of Dr. Gary Dyer, Marshall & Melanie White and Sarah Elder for her help with research.

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