Catalog Number
|
Catalog Number |
CAS 2010-0003-0001 | |
| Category | Textiles; Raw Materials | |
| Object Name | Dye chart | |
| Culture | Navajo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Arizona | |
| County | Navajo | |
| Other Geographic Data | Town: Window Rock | |
| Maker's Name | Isabell Myers Deschinny (b. ca. 1950) | |
| Date of Manufacture | 1986 | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | 18 botanical specimens; Wool yarn; Cotton batting; Wood; Cardboard; Glass | |
| Description | Chart of 18 different plants (including leaves, flowers, bark, stems and/or berries) used as dye sources by Navajo weavers, arranged around miniature Navajo loom with partially woven Navajo rug whose designs incorporate yarns that have been dyed with the representative plants; A single yarn extends out from each color area of the rug to the particular plant used to produce that color; Plant samples are arranged on cotton batting background and each is identified with a pre-printed label; Plants and rug are mounted inside glass-fronted picture frame; Isabell Myers Deschinny’s mother was Mable Burnside Myers, a well known Navajo weaver and vegetal dye specialist, who made the first such charts for commercial sale ca. 1960s; The Burnside family, from the Pine Springs, AZ area of the Navajo Reservation, worked closely with anthropologist and photographer, John Adair, in the 1930s and 1940s. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 56.6, Thickness = 3.0, Length = 46.0 | |