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Diné (Navajo)

Man’s Garter

Diné (Navajo), 1899

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Diné (Navajo)

Man’s Garter

Diné (Navajo), 1899

Physical Qualities Wool, cotton, dyes, L. 29 1/2 in. (74.9 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Irene Gulck and Bequest of Florence Reese Winslow, by exchange with the Denver Art Museum
Object Number 1953.4.16
Red part is woven of commercial wool yarn; the white is of commercial cotton string. There is a natural and red geometric design down the center and plain line of green woven along the borders. Made on a belt loom. Worn tied below the knee, at top of the legging. Red and green dyes
Denver Art Museum; Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1953; Irene Gulck; Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest, Florence Reese Winslow, 1953

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