Rug

Native American, Diné (Navajo) people, Southwestern Region

  • Titles Rug (Descriptive)
  • Medium wool
  • Dimensions 58 x 26 1/4 in. (147.3 x 66.7 cm)
  • Credit Line Bequest of Coleman Cooper, Palm Beach, Florida, 1986.846
  • Work Type rug
  • Classification Rugs

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Color photograph with four Native American women wearing jingle dress regalia and red bandana face-coverings, standing at Bonneville Salt Flats, blue cloudy sky in background.
Black and white photograph of four Native American women wearing jingle dress regalia and bandana face-coverings, Golden Gate Bridge in background
Newly made of spruce with an animal head on the handle, eyes and three lines burnt
The totemic design is well done but rather recent. The paint is vermilion and ball bluing blue. Totemic designs occupy two sides and a design (see card) is on each of the other sides. The box is of red cedar, pegged side and bottom. New looking almost.