Unknown Maker, Diné (Navajo)

Blanket or rug

Maker

Unknown Maker, Diné (Navajo)

Culture

Diné (Navajo), Native North American

Title

Blanket or rug

Year

ca. 1890

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

wool

Dimensions

Length: 201.9 cm (79 1/2 inches)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Murray S. Danforth, Jr.

Object Number

45.087

Type

Exhibition History

Blankets and Baskets
Weavings from the American West
Jul 02, 2004 – Oct 10, 2004

Label copy

This very finely woven piece appears to have begun life on the loom as a fancy Navajo woman’s wearing blanket (manta), judging from its tapestry weave and pattern. Mysteriously, warps were looped in to make the piece longer, giving it the dimensions of a rug. The yarns in the piece appear to be commercially spun, suggesting that it is of late 19th-century date.

Gift of Mrs. Murray S. Danforth, Jr. 45.087

A World of Costume and Textiles
"Tapestries through the Ages"
Sep 22, 1989 – Nov 12, 1989

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Tombstone

Unknown Maker, Diné (Navajo)
Blanket or rug, ca. 1890
Wool; tapestry weave
Length: 201.9 cm (79 1/2 inches)
Gift of Mrs. Murray S. Danforth, Jr. 45.087

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