Diné (Navajo)
Pictorial rug depicting a Corn Yei
Diné (Navajo), 1919
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Diné (Navajo)
Pictorial rug depicting a Corn Yei
Diné (Navajo), 1919
Physical Qualities
Handspun wool, dyes, 59 1/16 × 48 in. (150 × 121.9 cm.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Florence Reese Winslow
Object Number
1953.220.A.35
Four orange corner tassles and orange selvage on 4 sides; brown border; central white corn yei figure outlined in brown on natural gray-brown background; surrounded by Rainbow Girl in brown bordered in white with white kilt and legs, natural gray-brown head, tan and brown collar, and white hands. Brown bird with orange throat perched on Corn Yei's feather. Two white birds on corn leaves, possible ear of corn on stalk below birds.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest, 1953; Florence Reese Winslow, Baraboo, WI.
Dena S. Katzenberg, Baltimore Museum of Art, "And Eagles Sweep Across the Sky," September 18-November 13, 1977.
Katzenberg, D. S. "And eagles sweep across the sky": Indian textiles of the North American West. Baltimore: Baltimore Museum of Art, 1977:65
