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Diné (Navajo) Native North American

Blanket or rug, ca. 1890

Description

Maker

  • Unknown

Culture

Diné (Navajo)

Title

Blanket or rug

Year

ca. 1890

Medium

Wool; tapestry weave

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • wool

Techniques

  • interlocking,
  • interlocked,
  • tapestry weave

Dimensions

Length: 201.9 cm (79 1/2 inches)

Type

  • Textiles

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Murray S. Danforth, Jr.

Object Number

45.087

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Blankets and Baskets

July 2 - October 10, 2004

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

September 22 - November 12, 1989

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