Diné (Navajo)
Rug
Diné (Navajo), 1929-1939
Scroll
Diné (Navajo)
Rug
Diné (Navajo), 1929-1939
Physical Qualities
Wool, dyes, 51 3/8 × 39 1/4 in. (130.5 × 99.7 cm.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Florence Reese Winslow, 1953
Object Number
1986.69.8
Red selvage and 4 red tassles. Gray ground with red border and black border with white 'T's at ends and white 'L's on sides. White central rectangle with 2 black triangles joined by diagonal line. Nested red and black border with step at 2 ends. Step overlays brown edged rectangle with white center and concave V-shaped ends. This overlays black edged cut-off diamond such that inside of rectangle has hour-glass at either end. Remainder of diamond outside rectangle has red interior and opposed black triangle with white interior. This is flanked by 2 brown diagonal lines connecting brown triangle with red interior to brown rectangle.
Katzenberg, D. S., & Baltimore Museum of Art. "And eagles sweep across the sky": Indian textiles of the North American West : [exhibition]. Baltimore: Baltimore Museum of Art, 1977:73
