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| Catalog Number | CAS 0370-0563 | |
| 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. 1885-1895 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Cotton string warp; Germantown aniline dyed wool weft | |
| Description | Transitional period rug woven entirely in plain tapestry weave; Borderless, banded design consists of 7 horizontal zigzag bands comprising small parallelograms in red, orange, and white (each outlined in contrasting color) on dark blue background. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 61.5, Length = 105.0 |
| Catalog Number | CAS 0370-0564 |  |
| Category | Textiles | |
| Object Name | Blanket / 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. 1890-1900 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Cotton string warp; Germantown natural and aniline dyed wool weft | |
| Description | Transitional blanket - rug woven entirely in plain tapestry weave; Borderless pattern consists of vertical column of concentric serrated diamonds in white, red, gray, and black down center of rug, flanked on either side by similar row of half-diamonds along each side edge of rug; Small concentric serrated diamonds in black and white fill remaining spaces, all on red background; Decorative fringe is added along both ends in blocks of red, black, and white. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 77.5, Length = 133.5 |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0565 |  |
| 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 | |
| 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 | Double saddle blanket woven herringbone twill and plain tapestry weaves; Half of the blanket in tapestry weave has all over checkerboard pattern in red and blue (with one row of orange blocks in place of red), accomplished by changing color of weft fiber at each turn; Opposite half in herringbone twill has central band woven in red, white, and tan, flanked by bands red, white, and blue; Narrow red band in plain tapestry weave is at both ends of blanket. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 88.0, Length = 132.0 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0566 |  |
| Category | Textiles | |
| Object Name | 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. 1885-1890 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Handspun wool warp; Handspun natural, carded, and aniline dyed wool weft | |
| Description | Soft, loosely woven wearing blanket (known as a diyugi) woven entirely in plain tapestry weave; Banded pattern consists of 5 rose colored bands (with internal narrow bands in gray and black or black and green) alternating with plain gray bands. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = ca. 90.0, Length = 143.0 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0567 |  |
| Category | Textiles | |
| Object Name | Rug | |
| Culture | Navajo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Arizona | |
| County | Apache | |
| Other Geographic Data | Navajo Indian Reservation; Community: Rock Point | |
| Maker's Name | Florence Roanhorse (b. ca. 1920) | |
| Date of Manufacture | 1954 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Handspun wool warp; Handspun natural and aniline dyed wool weft | |
| Description | Two-faced rug woven entirely in tapestry weave with a different borderless, banded design on each side; Design on front consists of two primary bands containing concentric, terraced diamonds in gold, gray, and white on light brown background, alternating with simple horizontal bands in gold, yellow, gray, and two shades of brown; Design on reverse face consists of 3 groups of bands with beaded pattern in gray on yellow or white on brown, alternating with plain bands in yellow, brown, and two shades of tan. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 49.5, Length = 75.3 | |
| Catalog Number | CAS 0370-0568 |  |
| Category | Textiles | |
| Object Name | Runner | |
| 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 carded wool warp; Handspun carded and aniline dyed wool weft | |
| Description | Rug woven entirely in plain tapestry weave with all-over design of narrow alternating red and gray vertical stripes, accomplished by alternating color of weft yarn with each pass of weft across width of rug. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 57.0, Length = 132.0 |
| Catalog Number | CAS 0370-0569 |  |
| Category | Textiles | |
| Object Name | Rug | |
| Culture | Navajo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Arizona | |
| County | Apache | |
| Other Geographic Data | Community: Chinle area | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1920-1925 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Handspun wool warp; Handspun natural, carded, and aniline(?) dyed wool weft; Aniline (DuPont?) dye (pink) | |
| Description | Chinle-style rug woven entirely in plain tapestry and pulled-warp weaves; Borderless, banded design on pink background consists of groups of narrow and wider dark brown bands edged in white, wavy zigzag bands woven in pulled-warp technique, and horizontal bands of small, concentric brown and white diamonds; Central dark brown band contains row of opposing white "V" shapes. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 88.0, Length = 147.5 |
| Catalog Number | CAS 0370-0570 |  |
| 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. 1940-1945 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Handspun wool warp; Handspun natural and carded wool weft | |
| Description | Borderless rug woven entirely in plain tapestry weave; Pattern replicates prehistoric pottery or textile design consisting of all over interlocking network of diagonal rows of stacked diamonds and straight diagonal lines with interlocking hooks in colors of white and natural brown-black on tan background. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 86.5, Length = 154.5 |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0571 |  |
| Category | Textiles | |
| Object Name | Saddle blanket | |
| Culture | Navajo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | New Mexico | |
| County | McKinley | |
| Other Geographic Data | Community: Pinedale | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1930 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Handspun wool warp; Handspun natural and aniline dyed wool weft | |
| Description | Single saddle blanket woven in plain tapestry weave, with overall pattern of narrow bands of small black rectangular units on white background; Supplementary orange fringe is added on all four corners. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 94.5, Length = 73.5 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0572 |  |
| Category | Textiles | |
| Object Name | Rug | |
| Culture | Navajo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Arizona | |
| County | Coconino | |
| Other Geographic Data | City: Tuba City | |
| Maker's Name | Gloria Hadley (Mrs. Tillman Hadley) | |
| Date of Manufacture | 1955 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Handspun wool warp; Handspun natural, carded, and vegetal (?) dyed wool weft | |
| Description | Two-faced style rug woven entirely in tapestry weave; Front face shows a non-regional geometric design in pale green and dark brown on a light brown background, bordered on all four sides by a double reciprocating border of terraced triangles in black and white; Design is somewhat suggestive of a Two Grey Hills design except for the use of green; Reverse face shows borderless design of two horizontal composite bands in several shades of brown on a plain gray background. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 57.0, Length = 54.3 | |
| Catalog Number | CAS 0370-0573 |  |
| 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 | 1955 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Handspun wool warp; Handspun natural and carded wool weft | |
| Description | Two Grey Hills style rug woven entirely in plain tapestry weave; Design consists of double cross motif in center in colors of white, tan, and black; Filler motifs are pendant from center motif and small terraced triangle is located in each corner; Background color is gray; Inner white border and outer black border are straight edged on both ends and reciprocating in rectilinear line along both sides. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 63.5, Length = 108.7 |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0574 |  |
| Category | Textiles | |
| Object Name | Serape | |
| 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. 1875-1880 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Handspun wool warp; Handspun indigo and aniline dyed wool weft | |
| Description | Child's serape woven entirely in plain tapestry weave; Banded design consists of narrow horizontal bands in orange, blue, and yellow, and green on background of various shades of red. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 79.5, Length = 100.5 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0575 |  |
| Category | Textiles | |
| Object Name | Saddle throw | |
| Culture | Navajo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | New Mexico | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Navajo Indian Reservation | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1925 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Cotton string warp; Commercial plied natural and aniline dyed weft | |
| Description | Saddle throw woven in plain weft faced and diamond twill weaves; Borderless, design includes three horizontal zoned bands woven in plain weft-faced weave in colors of white, black, gray, green, red, orange and muted maroon, on a black, gray, and white background woven in diamond twill weave; Warps are cut and their ends knotted at one end; Supplementary black fringe is added along both ends with multi-colored fringe at each corner; Two yarn pompoms are also attached at each corner in colors of white, black, green, or orange. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 65.7, Length = 84.0 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0576 |  |
| Category | Textiles | |
| Object Name | Blanket | |
| 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. 1865-1875 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Handspun wool warp; Handspun and raveled wool weft | |
| Description | Man's wearing blanket woven entirely in plain tapestry weave; Banded design includes 5 patterned bands, each consisting of row of very finely serrated, white diamonds outlined in blue and all on red background; Diamonds in end bands enclose blue crosses and are flanked on inner side by row of white crosses; Diamonds in second from the end bands enclose blue dashes and are flanked on both sides by white crosses; Diamonds in center band are outlined multiple times, enclose blue diamonds, and are flanked on either side by blue crosses; Patterned bands are separated by plain white bands. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 85.0, Length = 124.5 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0577 |  |
| 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. 1875-1885 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | 4-ply wool warp; Handspun natural and aniline dyed wool weft | |
| Description | Woman's dress panel (half of 2-piece dress) woven entirely in plain tapestry weave; Wide center panel is woven of natural black - brown wool; End panels include series of narrow parallel blue bands flanking center panel, and row of open, terraced diamonds in blue, bordered above and below by row of solid contiguous terraced blue triangles, all on red background. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 86.0, Length = 124.0 | |
| Catalog Number | CAS 0370-0578 |  |
| Category | Textiles | |
| Object Name | Runner | |
| 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 | 1955 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Cotton string warp; Commercial plied and aniline dyed wool weft | |
| Description | Non-regional rug woven entirely in double-faced twill weave; All over pattern consists of small white rectangular blocks within blue lattice network; Colors are reversed on opposite side. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 48.0, Length = 125.2 |
| Catalog Number | CAS 0370-0579 |  |
| 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 | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1957 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Cotton string warp; Commercially plied natural and aniline dyed wool weft | |
| Description | Double saddle blanket woven entirely in diamond twill weave; Overall pattern of small concentric diamonds is in white, green, and brown; Supplementary tassels in commercial black wool are added at each corner. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 84.5, Length = 129.5 |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0580 |  |
| Category | Textiles | |
| Object Name | Blanket / 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. 1890-1910 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Germantown wool warp; Natural and Germantown aniline dyed wool weft | |
| Description | Transitional blanket / rug woven entirely in plain tapestry weave; Central double cross motif in salt and pepper (black and white) yarn is outlined consecutively in blue, black, and white, all on red background with additional filler cross motifs; Straight-edged inner border is composed of paired rows of triangles in white, pale orange and gold; Outer border is red; Decorative fringe in colors of red, black, green, yellow, gold, white, and blue is added in blocks of color along both ends; Pair of decorative multi-colored tassels is tied to each corner. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 82.5, Length = 129.5 | |
| Catalog Number | CAS 0370-0581 |  |
| Category | Textiles | |
| Object Name | Runner | |
| 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 | Cotton string warp; Germantown wool weft | |
| Description | Non-regional runner or rug woven entirely in plain tapestry weave; Borderless design consists of two large opposing "V" shapes with serrated edges in red and outlined in black, and each enclosing a single motif of concentric serrated diamonds in green, red, white, and black, all on salt and pepper background; Red and gray supplementary fringe is added along one end and green and gray fringe along opposite end. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 50.0, Length = 96.5 |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0582 |  |
| 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. 1950s | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Handspun wool warp; Handspun vegetal and aniline dyed wool weft | |
| Description | Single saddle blanket woven entirely in plain tapestry weave; Salmon-colored design field is completely plain; Black border with zigzag inner edge frames blanket on all four sides. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 78.5, Length = 81.0 | |
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