Diné (Navajo)
Rug
Diné (Navajo), 501-2000
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Diné (Navajo)
Rug
Diné (Navajo), 501-2000
Physical Qualities
Wool, dyes, 92 15/16 × 56 5/8 in. (236 × 143.8 cm.)
Credit Line
The Baltimore Museum of Art
Object Number
NA 119
2 corner tassles, black border with white, continuous crenelated line with corner squares with brown or red center. Pendant stepped triangles in white and red in each corner of border. Gray ground with central diamond composed of white, black, red and brown interlocking latch hooks. Center of diamond has brown diamond with red and white triangles in center which is flanked by 2 swastikas, latch hooks with red centers and 2 feathers with black tips. Central diamond flanked by 3 arrows on top and bottom and by crossed arrows on sides. White arrow extends from central diamond into border on 2 sides. Each corner has diagonal row of pendant, brown diamonds with red centers, and diagonal row of interlock zigzag in white, and red with brown center, red and white squares on corners of zigzags. Brown, 8-pointed star with black tips and central red cross in each of 4 corners.