Navajo rug; red ground; large diamond shaped designs in black, red, green and white horizontal bands in white; cross of red or yellow-green within several of the diamonds. Native handspun wool. Note with blanket dates it to late 1870's to early 1880's. Adaptation of "chief blanket".
Donor:
Estate of Howard Alden Judy
Collection place:
Western New Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
New Mexico
Culture or time period:
Navajo
Collector:
Howard Alden Judy
Collection date:
1963
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Rugs (textiles)
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Production date:
ca. 1880; late 1870 - early 1889
Accession date:
1963
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 55 inches and length 98 inches
Loans:
S1966-1967 #98: Design Department (UC Berkeley)/Ruth Boyer (April 24, 1967–May 26, 1967), S1969-1970 #131: Dominican College of San Rafael/Sister M. Joanne (June 1, 1970–July 30, 1970), and S1973-1974 #39: Palo Alto Cultural Center (November 27, 1973–January 8, 1974)