Rug

Diné (Navajo) people, Southwestern Region, Native American

1900 - 1920

  • Titles Rug (Descriptive)
  • Medium wool
  • Dimensions 93 x 66 in. (236.2 x 167.6 cm)
  • Credit Line Bequest of Coleman Cooper, Palm Beach, Florida, 1986.866
  • Work Type rug
  • Classification Rugs

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An unusual shape, like #1906 from Otto Feller. Made of soft gray sandstone. The high side has a ridge with a groove in the middle. Rust stains. Someone has recently (1956?) gouged a hole in the base with a knife.
Monoprint comprised of four adjoining sheets of paper; imagery includes winding line, plant forms, ovals and stacked ovals, and groups of repeating hash marks.
Black and white photograph of four Native American women with hands on hips wearing jingle dresses, El Capitan mountain in background.
Artist-manipulated digitally reproduced photograph by C.M. (Charles Milton) Bell; subject is Peelatchixaaliash / Old Crow (Raven) seated, partial figure, three-quarter view, one arm up. Elements of regalia outlined in red, and text annotations in red radiate from figure.