Déaxitchish / Pretty Eagle from the series 1880 Crow Peace Delegation

Wendy Red Star

2014

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Rug (Wide Ruins style), Diné (Navajo) people, Southwestern Region, Native American, wool with aniline and vegetal dyes
Wearing blanket in basic shape of a rectangle, with bottom side of rectangle in a shallow downward V-shape; long fringe from warp threads extend from bottom. Bilaterally symmetrical patterns fill the space, composed of abstracted animal faces and other zoomorphic design elements.
Rectangular fired clay tile with title Tewa Tales of Suspense and painted scene of Pueblo warrior fighting helmeted Spanish soldier with smoke and flames in background.
Pot with incised decoration