Wool; brown outer border; white field with 10 grey and brown outlined red Roman crosses; zigzags and geometric designs in red, black, grey and orange; good quality weave and design, but poor quality red and orange dyes; probably 2 deliberate errors in design. The cross design is known as "Spider Woman Cross.
Donor:
Stuart C. Way
Collection place:
Crystal, San Juan County, New Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
New Mexico; San Juan; Crystal
Culture or time period:
Navajo
Collector:
Stuart C. Way
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Rugs (textiles)
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Production date:
ca. 1915
Accession date:
1967
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 126 centimeters and length 178 centimeters
Loans:
S1986-1987 #20: Richmond Art Center (January 28, 1987–April 16, 1987)