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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0605 | |
| Category | Textiles | |
| Object Name | Shirt | |
| Culture | Jemez Pueblo (?) | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | New Mexico | |
| County | Sandoval | |
| Other Geographic Data | Jemez Pueblo (?) | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1940s | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Cotton warp and weft; Plied aniline dyed wool embroidery yarn | |
| Description | Man's shirt with front and back woven in one piece (open sides are connected with short strips of black elastic) and the separate sleeves attached at shoulder; Shirt is primarily of hand woven cotton cloth woven in plain weft-faced tapestry technique; Sleeves are constructed from flat panels that are folded in half and expanded with inset of commercial white fabric; Front, back, and sleeves are decorated with embroidered terraced triangles and rectangular blocks in black, red, and green, all of which incorporate negative designs of small triangles and zigzags; Single multi-colored yarn pompom is attached to cuff of each sleeve and pair of pompoms is attached on each side of waist. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 56.5, Length = 61.5 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0606 |  |
| Category | Textiles | |
| Object Name | Blouse | |
| Culture | Seminole | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Florida | |
| County | unknown | |
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1920-1940 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Commercial cotton fabric | |
| Description | ||
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 5.0, Thickness = 0.1, Length = 53.0 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0607 |  |
| Category | Textiles | |
| Object Name | Skirt | |
| Culture | Seminole | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Florida | |
| County | unknown | |
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1940s to 1950s | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Commercial cotton fabric | |
| Description | Woman's patchwork skirt. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 36.0, Thickness = 1.5, Length = 96.0 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0608 |  |
| Category | Textiles | |
| Object Name | Cape | |
| Culture | Seminole | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Florida | |
| County | unknown | |
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1920-1940 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Commercial cotton fabric | |
| Description | ||
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 113.0, Thickness = 0.3, Length = 66.0 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0609 |  |
| Category | Textiles | |
| Object Name | Rug on loom | |
| Culture | Navajo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Arizona, New Mexico | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | ||
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1930-1950 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Handspun wool warp; Handspun wool weft; Wood | |
| Description | ||
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 65.2, Thickness = 1.8, Length = 44.0 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0610 |  |
| Category | Textiles | |
| Object Name | Rug on loom with batten | |
| Culture | Navajo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | New Mexico | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Navajo Indian Reservation; Thoreau, NM area | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1930-1950 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Handspun wool warp; Handspun wool weft; Wood | |
| Description | ||
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 62.7, Thickness = 1.7, Length = 67.0 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0611 |  |
| Category | Textiles | |
| Object Name | Rug on loom | |
| Culture | Navajo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Arizona, New Mexico | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Navajo Indian Reservation area | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1930-1940 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Handspun wool warp; Handspun natural, carded, and aniline-dyed wool weft; Aniline dye (orange); Wood | |
| Description | Partially completed rug on loom, woven entirely in plain tapestry weave; Loom includes web beam (lower dowel) and warp beam (upper dowel), heddle rod, and shed rod; Borderless design consists of orange and white bands alternating with black (or gray) and white bands; Within each band, the weaver has changed the color of the weft after each horizontal pass, so that the same colored wefts always go over and under the same warps (whether going from left to right or right to left), with the result that each horizontal band also contains alternating white and orange (or white and black) vertical stripes; End cords are orange; Rug is woven without selvage cords. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 53.5, Length = 71.5 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0612 |  |
| Category | Textiles | |
| Object Name | Rug on loom | |
| Culture | Navajo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | New Mexico | |
| County | McKinley | |
| Other Geographic Data | Community: Thoreau area | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1940-1950 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Handspun wool warp; Handspun natural and carded wool weft; Wood | |
| Description | Partially completed non-regional rug on loom, woven entirely in diagonal twill weave in colors of black and gray; Loom setup includes upper and lower anchor rods, shed rod, and 3 heddle rods. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 52.0, Length = 90.0 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0613 |  |
| Category | Textiles; Tools & Implements | |
| Object Name | Weaving implement (comb) | |
| Culture | Navajo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Arizona, New Mexico | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | ||
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1930s to 1940s | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Wood: pine | |
| Description | ||
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 4.9, Thickness = 0.8, Length = 20.8 | |
| Catalog Number | CAS 0370-0636A |  |
| Category | Textiles | |
| Object Name | Dress panel | |
| Culture | Navajo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Arizona, New Mexico | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Navajo Indian Reservation | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1900-1930 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Handspun wool warp; Handspun natural, carded, and aniline dyed wool weft | |
| Description | Woman's dress panel (companion piece to CAS 0370-0636B) woven entirely in plain tapestry weave; Natural black - brown center panel is flanked on either end by red panel, each showing pair of parallel gray zigzag lines across their centers and row of solid terraced blue or blue and gray triangles along top and bottom edges. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 76.0, Thickness = 0.2, Length = 135.0 |
| Catalog Number | CAS 0370-0636B |  |
| Category | Textiles | |
| Object Name | Dress panel | |
| Culture | Navajo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Arizona, New Mexico | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Navajo Indian Reservation area | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1900-1930 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Handspun wool warp; Handspun natural, carded, and aniline dyed wool weft | |
| Description | Woman's dress panel (companion piece to CAS 0370-0636A) woven entirely in plain tapestry weave; Natural black - brown center panel is flanked on either end by red panel, each showing pair of parallel gray zigzag lines across their centers and row of solid terraced blue triangles along top and bottom edges. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 77.0, Thickness = 0.2, Length = 135.0 |
| Catalog Number | CAS 0370-0637 |  |
| Category | Textiles | |
| Object Name | Rug | |
| Culture | Navajo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Arizona, New Mexico | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Navajo Indian Reservation area | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1890-1900 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Handspun wool warp; Handspun natural and aniline dyed wool weft | |
| Description | Transitional Moki-striped rug woven entirely in plain tapestry weave; Central red cross is enclosed within open terraced concentric red and white diamonds and terraced "V" at each end, all flanked by pair of red and yellow terraced half-diamonds along each side, all on background of alternating narrow blue and brown/black bands; Wider red and yellow band is woven along each end. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 102.5, Length = 170.5 |
| Catalog Number | CAS 0370-0638 |  |
| Category | Textiles | |
| Object Name | Rug | |
| Culture | Navajo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Arizona, New Mexico | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Navajo Indian Reservation | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1930-1940 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Handspun wool warp; Handspun natural, carded, and aniline-dyed wool weft | |
| Description | Non-regional style rug woven entirely in plain tapestry weave; All over pattern of serrated, concentric diamonds includes 2 vertical columns of red and black serrated diamonds, with remaining spaces filled with white and black serrated diamonds and half-diamonds; Double straight-edged border is red and black. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 89.0, Length = 176.5 |
| Catalog Number | CAS 0370-0639 |  |
| Category | Textiles | |
| Object Name | Rug | |
| Culture | Navajo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Arizona, New Mexico | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Navajo Indian Reservation area | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1930s | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Handspun wool warp; Handspun natural, carded, and aniline dyed wool weft | |
| Description | Borderless, non-regional style rug woven entirely in plain tapestry weave; Design includes 3 bands, each containing wide, terraced diagonal motifs; Center band has gray diagonals edged in red and gray; End bands have red diagonals edged in black and orange; Designs are all on white background and adjacent bands are separated by narrow paired bands in red and black; Each corner is filled with parallel, serrated bars in red, black, gray, and orange at one end and red, black, white, and orange at opposite end. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 89.0, Length = 146.0 |
| Catalog Number | CAS 0370-0640 |  |
| Category | Textiles | |
| Object Name | Rug | |
| Culture | Navajo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Arizona, New Mexico | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Navajo Indian Reservation | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1930-1940 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Handspun wool warp; Handspun natural and carded wool weft | |
| Description | Non-regional rug woven entirely in plain tapestry weave; Plain white rectangular design field in center is completely without decorative motifs; Wide border with single row of white water bug motifs on black background (half of the border is of natural black-brown wool and half is of carded dark gray wool) frames rug on all four sides. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 73.5, Length = 120.5 |
| Catalog Number | CAS 0370-0641 |  |
| Category | Textiles | |
| Object Name | Saddle blanket | |
| Culture | Navajo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Arizona, New Mexico | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Navajo Indian Reservation area | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1930-1950 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Handspun wool warp; Handspun natural wool weft | |
| Description | Double saddle blanket woven entirely in plain tapestry weave; Blanket is entirely white with no decorative design at all; Sides of blanket are woven very unevenly. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 70.0, Length = 160.5 |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0642 |  |
| Category | Textiles | |
| Object Name | Manta / shoulder blanket | |
| Culture | Hopi | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Arizona | |
| County | Navajo | |
| Other Geographic Data | Hopi Indian Reservation; Third Mesa; Village: Hotevilla | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1924 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Cotton string warp; Handspun cotton weft; 4-ply aniline dyed wool embroidery yarn | |
| Description | Ceremonial manta woven entirely in plain balanced tapestry weave; Embroidered band along top edge has negative design of parallel white zigzags against background of alternating green and black vertical stripes; Embroidered band along bottom edge has similar design as well as 5 diamond motifs, each containing a cloud-lightning-rain motif in red blue and yellow; Pair of black stacked triangles is positioned above each cloud motif. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 138.0, Length = 104.5 | |
| Catalog Number | CAS 0370-0644 |  |
| Category | Textiles | |
| Object Name | Saddle blanket | |
| Culture | Navajo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Arizona | |
| County | unknown | |
| Other Geographic Data | Navajo Indian Reservation area | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | 1954 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Handspun natural wool warp; Handspun natural wool weft | |
| Description | Double saddle blanket woven in plain tapestry weave; Blanket is entirely white and without any decorative design. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 70.0, Length = 148.5 |
| Catalog Number | CAS 0370-0645 |  |
| Category | Textiles | |
| Object Name | Saddle blanket | |
| Culture | Navajo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Arizona, New Mexico | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Navajo Indian Reservation area | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1954 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Handspun wool warp; Handspun natural, carded, and aniline-dyed wool weft | |
| Description | Double saddle blanket, woven entirely in plain tapestry weave; Rug is entirely white except for small concentric serrated diamond in center in black and gray and serrated quarter-diamonds in each corner in black, gray, and white; Narrow black band borders each end of rug. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 81.0, Length = 158.0 |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0646 |  |
| Category | Textiles | |
| Object Name | Saddle throw | |
| Culture | Navajo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Arizona, New Mexico | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Navajo Indian Reservation | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1950s | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Handspun natural wool warp and weft | |
| Description | Saddle throw woven entirely in plain tapestry weave in natural white wool; Tufts of white wool are inserted after every few rows of weft to produced shag effect. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 44.0, Length = 48.5 | |
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