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Diné (Navajo)

Eye Dazzler Rug

Diné (Navajo), 1889

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Diné (Navajo)

Eye Dazzler Rug

Diné (Navajo), 1889

Physical Qualities Handspun wool, dyes, 55 × 37 in. (139.7 × 94 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Dena S. Katzenberg, Baltimore
Object Number 1978.95.9
Red border, no tassles; pattern of vertical pendant diamonds with apices horizontal; diamonds interlock horizontally to form zigzags; colors are black, orange, tan, red, white, yellow, green, mocha; each strip of diamonds outlined with a different color on each side.
Katzenberg, Dena. And eagles sweep across the sky. Indian textiles of the North American West. Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1977, cat. no. 33, p. 33, ill

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