Rug

Diné (Navajo) people, Southwestern Region, Native American

1900 - 1910

  • Titles Rug (Descriptive)
  • Medium wool
  • Dimensions 53 x 37 in. (134.6 x 94 cm)
  • Credit Line Bequest of Coleman Cooper, Palm Beach, Florida, 1986.874
  • Work Type rug
  • Classification Rugs

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Vessel, Casas Grandes, Native American, terra cotta, polychrome
Rattle in shape of a raven, carrying on its back a reclining figure with bent knees and extended tongue; human figure is joined by his tongue to a frog, which is held in the beak of a kingfisher bird, whose head is depicted (without a body) and located closest to the handle of the rattle. The underside of the rattle (the raven's belly) has the abstracted features of a human face.
Square riddle or sieve loosely woven of split hickory, molded in the bottom with rounded edge.
Halibut hook carving made of yew wood to represent the head and tail of an otter, the tail being shown by five incised lines. The piece is somewhat weathered. In the line hole were a wood plug and fragments of a spruce root line so the hook is an old-timer.