Diné (Navajo)
Rug
Diné (Navajo), 1919-1929
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Diné (Navajo)
Rug
Diné (Navajo), 1919-1929
Physical Qualities
Handspun wool, 85 1/16 × 53 in. (216.1 × 134.6 cm.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Florence Reese Winslow
Object Number
1953.220.A.33
Four corner tassles, brown ground. Nested black and white border. White border contains crenelations-with-squares in gray and black. Ten gray diamond-like forms outlined in black with white center containing four diamond-like forms. These 10 gray forms are flanked by white and black 'quadrupeds' or partial 'quadrupeds'. 'Quadrupeds' on center sides have stepped nested diamonds in black and brown. Two 'quadrupeds' in center have stepped nested diamonds in black and white. Six 'quadrupeds' in center and on sides have black cross and 1 or 2 arrows. Four rows of dimpled weave indicating weaver tied down rug as weaving progressed.
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, 1977:73