Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 2013-0003-0031 | |
| 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: Many Farms | |
| Maker's Name | Elizabeth Yazzie (b. 1947) | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1990 | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Warp: Single ply handspun natural wool; Weft: Single ply handspun and commercial natural and dyed wool; Aniline dyes | |
| Description | Rectangular rug woven entirely in plain weft-faced tapestry technique with non-interlocking joins; Pictorial design depicts a night time Navajo yeibichai dance, featuring a row of four male and four female yeibichai dancers, led by Hastseyalti (Talking God) and Tone’nili, all facing a seated female patient; In the foreground are four hitched wagons, two hogans, a brush shelter wherein two women are preparing frybread, and several rows of seated and standing men and women watching the dancers; To the left of the dancers is another hogan and in the background are more spectators, three additional wagons, and two unhitched horses; Blue hills and brown buttes are silhouetted against a gray night sky filled with white stars; A straight-edged dark brown border frames the rug along all four edges; Single-yarn gray “spirit line†extends across border from night sky in upper left corner of rug; Weaver’s initials (“E.Yâ€) are woven into the lower left corner of the border; Selvage and end cords are dark brown. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 112.8, Length = 98.0 | |