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| Catalog Number | CAS 2013-0003-0041 | |
| 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. 1900 | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Warp: Single ply handspun wool; Weft: Single ply handspun natural carded, and dyed wool; Aniline dye (red and blue-black) | |
| Description | Large rectangular Transitional Period non-regional rug woven entirely in plain weft-faced tapestry technique with non-interlocking joins; All over design consists of three columns of concentric, terraced diamonds in blue-black, red, white,and medium brown on a carded gray-brown background, the latter forming a network pattern of horizontal zigzag bands; Concentric, terraced half-diamonds fill the remaining areas along the sides and ends; Rug is framed along all four edges with a band of contiguous red triangles on the inside and a reciprocating band of tan triangles on the outside; Rug does not have selvage cords; End cords are light brown (with some red wool mixed in) at one end and medium brown along the opposite end. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = ca. 148.0, Length = ca. 206.5 |
| Catalog Number | CAS 2013-0003-0042 |  |
| 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. 1890s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Warp: Single ply handspun natural brown wool; Weft: Single ply handspun natural and dyed wool; Aniline dye (red, black, yellow-green, orange, and tan) | |
| Description | Large rectangular Transitional Period rug woven entirely in plain weft-faced tapestry technique with non-interlocking joins; Borderless, banded design consists of multi-colored horizontal bands (red, black, tan, yellow-green, and orange) with sawtooth edges alternating with plain gray bands with sawtooth edges; Multi-colored band is repeated five times and the gray band is repeated six times; At each end of the rug is a band with a narrow black and white band on a red background, with only the innermost edge having the sawtooth edge; Selvage cords are red; End cords are gray on one end and gray and white on the opposite end. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = ca. 128.5, Length = 200.5 |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 2013-0004-0001 |  |
| Category | Textiles | |
| Object Name | Rug | |
| Culture | Navajo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Possibly Utah | |
| County | San Juan | |
| Other Geographic Data | Navajo Indian Reservation: Community: Hatch, UT area | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1980s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Warp: single ply natural wool; Wefts; 2-ply natural and aniline-dyed commercial wool yarn; Aniline dyes | |
| Description | Rectangular yei-style rug woven entirely in plain weft-faced tapestry technique with non-interlocking joins; Design consists of row of six standing yei figures, each with deep gold-colored legs and faces; Two of the figures are dressed in red and hold red and white streamers in each hand and two others are dressed in medium brown and hold brown and black streamers; The two figures in the center are dressed in black and red, respectively and hold a red and gold staff between them, while the one dress in black holds a gold and black streamer and the one dressed in white holds a red and white streamer; A 7th guardian yei is located at one end of the rug, with its body continuing along the bottom and up the other side; Its face and legs are gold-colored, most of its body is black, and it is dressed in a medium brown and black skirt; All figures are woven on a medium gray background, and entire scene is framed along all four edges by an inner white border and an outer black border, whose edges are straight along the ends and share a reciprocating serrated edge along the long sides; Selvage and end cords are all medium gray; Typical of yei-style rugs, this one was woven longer than wide, although it is intended to be viewed wider than long. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 79.7, Length = 111.7 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 2013-0004-0002 |  |
| Category | Textiles | |
| Object Name | Rug | |
| Culture | Navajo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | New Mexico | |
| County | San Juan | |
| Other Geographic Data | Navajo Indian Reservation: Community: Hatch, UT area | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1980s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Warp: multi-ply commercial cotton or synthetic string; Warps: 3-ply commercial wool yarn; Aniline dyes | |
| Description | Rectangular yei-style rug woven entirely in plain weft-faced tapestry technique with non-interlocking joins; Design consists of row of three standing yei figures, each with white legs, upper torsos, and faces, and wearing multi-colored skirts and holding long feather and ribbon streamers in their outstretched hands; A fourth guardian yei with white legs, upper torso and face and half red-half turquoise colored body is located along one side of the rig, with its body extending along the bottom and up the other side; All figures are woven on a light gray background and rug lacks a border; Rug does not have selvage cords; End cords are white; Typical of yei-style rugs, this one was woven longer than wide, although it is intended to be viewed wider than long. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 76.2, Length = 87.7 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 2013-0004-0003 |  |
| 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: Chinle | |
| Maker's Name | Ella Yazzie | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1980s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Warp: single ply natural wool; Warps: Single ply processed and spun wool yarn; Aniline dyes | |
| Description | Rectangular Chinle-style rug woven entirely in plain weft faced tapestry technique with non-interlocking joins; Borderless, banded design consists of horizontal bands including a design band of concentric serrated diamonds in dark blue, rose, and white on a light gray background, with the entire band repeated three times, alternating with plainer bands in the same colors; The bands at either end of the rug are plain straight edged bands, while the two plainer bands toward the center of the rug also include the beading technique, accomplished by changing the color of the weft yarn with each pass of the shuttle so that the same color yarn passes over or under only the even or odd numbered warps; Selvage cords and end cords are blue-gray in color. Compare this rug with CAS 2013-0003-0015, another rug by Ella Yazzie and whose design is identical. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 49.9, Length = 72.6 | |
| Catalog Number | CAS 2013-0004-0004 |  |
| 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: Nazlini-Ganado area | |
| Maker's Name | Mrs. Reed | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1980s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Warp: Singly ply natural wool; Wefts: Single ply processed wool yarn; Aniline dyes | |
| Description | Rectangular Chinle-style rug woven entirely in plain weft-faced tapestry technique with non-interlocking joins; Borderless, banded design consists of alternating design bands (repeated 3 times) and plain bands (repeated 4 times); Design band shows row of contiguous black serrated diamonds, edged with white and gray hourglass shapes, all on deep red background; “Plain†bands show a narrow “beaded†red, black (or brown) and white band flanked by wavy Crystal-weave (white and gray-brown) band, then by plain gray-brown band, and finally by narrow wavy band (on innermost bands) or by “beaded†black and white band (on end bands); Selvage cords and end cords are black. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 63.0, Length = 102.0 |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 2013-0004-0005 |  |
| 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: Tsaile, AZ area | |
| Maker's Name | “S†| |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1980s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Warp: single ply natural wool; Warps: single ply processed wool; Aniline dyes | |
| Description | Small rectangular Wide Ruins style rug woven entirely in plain weft-faced tapestry technique with non-interlocking joins; Borderless, banded design shows a design band of a row of concentric serrated diamonds (white and dark brown), on a light brown background and flanked by zigzag serrated lines in medium brown and white on a dark brown background, the entire band repeated four times; Alternating with the design band and repeated five times is a plain band of medium brown, with several lines of light brown woven across the center in a wavy Crystal-style weave; Letter “S†is woven near one corner; Very narrow dark brown band is located at each end of rug; Both selvage cords and end cords are light brown. See CAS 2013-0003-0016 for another rug by same weaver. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 44.2, Length = 64.5 | |
| Catalog Number | CAS 2013-0004-0006 |  |
| Category | Textiles | |
| Object Name | Rug | |
| Culture | Navajo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Arizona | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Navajo Indian Reservation | |
| Maker's Name | Mary White | |
| Date of Manufacture | 1982 | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Warp: multi-ply commercial wool yarn; Wefts: Single ply processed wool yarn; Aniline dyes (red and black) | |
| Description | Rectangular non-regional style rug woven entirely in plain weft-faced tapestry weave with non-interlocking joins; Design consists of two large conjoined concentric and terraced diamonds in center of rug in colors of light gray, red,white, and black, flanked along the sides by half- and quarter-diamonds in white and red, all on a light gray background; Plain, straight-edged black border frames rug along all four edges; Light gray “spirit line†extends from light gray background across black border to edge of rug near one corner; Selvage cords and end cords are light gray. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 64.4, Length = 118.7 |
| Catalog Number | CAS 2013-0004-0007 |  |
| Category | Textiles | |
| Object Name | Rug | |
| Culture | Navajo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Utah | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Navajo Indian Reservation: Community: Hatch, UT area | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1980s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Warp: single ply natural wool; Wefts: single ply processed wool yarn; Aniline dye (red) | |
| Description | Rectangular non-regional style rug woven entirely in plain weft-faced tapestry technique with non-interlocking joins; Borderless, banded design consists of band of one whole and two half serrated diamonds in light gray extending across the center of the rug on a red background; Above and below the central band are alternating red and light gray zigzag bands with serrated edges; Narrow black band is woven near each end of rug, just before final band that is slightly darker red than remainder of rug; Selvage cords and end cords are bright red. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 56.7, Length = 96.7 |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 2013-0004-0008 |  |
| Category | Textiles | |
| Object Name | Rug | |
| Culture | Navajo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Arizona | |
| County | Coconino | |
| Other Geographic Data | Navajo Indian Reservation; Community: Cedar Ridge | |
| Maker's Name | Evelyn Tunney (Evelyn Tunney Tsosie) (b. 1947) | |
| Date of Manufacture | 1990 | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Warp: multi-ply commercial wool yarn; Wefts: single ply commercial wool yarn; Aniline dyes (many, many colors) | |
| Description | Rectangular “Tree of Life†style rug woven entirely in plain weft-faced tapestry technique with non-interlocking joins; Design consists of a central stylized dark green cornstalk growing out of a Navajo wedding basket and extending up the center of the rug; A pair of multi-colored birds are either perched on or flying above each of the cornstalk’s nine paired leaves, with numerous other multi-colored birds and flowers arranged in paired columns on either side of the cornstalk and/or perched on several additional branches that are not actually connected to the cornstalk; Entire scene is woven on a plain white background; Triple border frames rug along sides with the inner border of dark green and turquoise blue having zigzag, serrated edges; Ends of rug are also framed in the same colors, but the green and turquoise blue border is very narrow compared to the black one and all edges are straight; Selvage cords are tan and end cords are light gray. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 84.5, Length = 120.2 | |
| Catalog Number | CAS 2013-0004-0009 |  |
| 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: Rough Rock area | |
| Maker's Name | _____ Tsosie | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1980s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Warp: single ply handspun wool; Wefts: single ply handspun wool; Aniline dyes (red, black, and blue) | |
| Description | Small, non-regional style rectangular rug woven entirely in plain weft-faced tapestry weave; Double-faced design consists of series of two-color horizontal bands, each made up of alternating bands in red & black, black & white, or gray & red; Narrow band at either end of rug is plain black; Selvage cords are light blue and end cords are off-white. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 48.3, Length = 73.4 |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 2013-0004-0010 |  |
| Category | Textiles | |
| Object Name | Saddle blanket | |
| Culture | Navajo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Utah | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Navajo Indian Reservation: Community: Hatch, UT area | |
| Maker's Name | _____ Gleason | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1980-1993 | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Warp: single ply handspun wool; Wefts: single ply handspun natural, carded, and aniline dyed wool; Aniline dyes (red and black) | |
| Description | Rectangular single saddle blanket woven mostly in diamond twill technique except for narrow band at either end which is woven in plain weft-faced tapestry technique; Double-faced design consists of five horizontal bands, each woven in two colors in diamond twill; Center band is black and white, flanked above and below by a red and gray band, and end bands are white and gray; Narrow plain tapestry bands at either end are both gray, but one of them is woven over paired warps; Selvage and end cords are all black. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 61.0, Length = 75.7 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 2013-0004-0011 |  |
| 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. 1980-1993 | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Warp: Single ply handspun natural wool; Weft: Single ply handspun natural, carded, and dyed wool; Aniline dye (black) | |
| Description | Small rectangular Optical Illusion style rug, woven entirely in plain weft-faced tapestry technique with interlocking joins; All over design consists of horizontal zigzag lines comprising alternating black and white parallelograms on a gray background, resulting in the illusion of stacked 3-dimensional cubes; Ends of rug are bordered by an interior gray band and an outer black band; Rug does not have selvage cords; End cords are black. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 32.3, Length = 46.5 | |
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