Diné (Navajo)
Rug
Diné (Navajo), 501-2000
Scroll
Diné (Navajo)
Rug
Diné (Navajo), 501-2000
Physical Qualities
Handspun yarn, dyes, 31 5/16 × 33 1/8 in. (79.5 × 84.1 cm.)
Credit Line
The Baltimore Museum of Art
Object Number
NA 118
This fragment appears to be a quarter of a Ganado style rug (see Kent p. 19; plate 18 p. 75). Natural brown ground, no tassles. Original border on 2 sides has spirit line and interlocking black and white triangular hooks. Only original corner of central ground contains brown stepped rectangle edged in black with 3 attached diamonds. Remainder of central ground contains 1/4 'Ganado' pattern. This comprises interlocking red, brown, and white latch hooks with diagonally pendant rectangles edged in black with attached diamonds. Reference to Genre: Kent, Kate Peck Navajo Weaving; Three Centuries of Change. School of American Research Press, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1985.
