Large Vintage Hudson's Bay Point Trade Blanket

ca 1960-1975

Size 97" x 88"

Handspun Wool in Line Design with Cream Background, Green, Red, Yellow and Black Colors Hudson Bay Trade Blanket

Has one short dark spot line as pictured, Otherwise in Excellent Condition

A Hudson's Bay point blanket is a type of wool blanket traded by the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) in British North America, now Canada and the United States, from 1779 to present. The blankets were typically traded to First Nations in exchange for beaver pelts as an important part of the North American fur trade. The blankets were long sold by Canada's Hudson's Bay department stores and have come to hold iconic status in the country