Zoned rug"; bands of grey alternating with bands decorated with diamonds and serrate designs in black, orange, white and violet on peach and orange ground. Tassels. Probably vegetable dye.
Donor:
Estate of Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Southwestern United States
Verbatim coll. place:
Navajo
Culture or time period:
Navajo
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
September 10, 1920
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Rugs (textiles)
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Production date:
ca. 1865-1890
Accession date:
1920
Context of use:
Shoulder blanket.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 44 centimeters and length 78 centimeters
Comment:
Remarks: "See Mera, Navaho Textile Arts, pp. 54-59
Loans:
S1962-1963 #32: Fresno Arts Center (January 3, 1963–February 12, 1963)