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Rug (Germantown pictorial)

Native American, Diné [Navajo]
1890–1900
Object Place: Southwest, North America

Medium/Technique Wool tapestry weave with diagonal and dovetail joins
Dimensions Overall: 185.4 x 119.4 cm (73 x 47 in.)
Credit Line Gift of James and Margie Krebs
Accession Number2008.1454
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsTextiles

DescriptionTransitional Germantown pictorial with gray background and serrated concentric diamonds of black, red and white, two black birds and two red birds; cut and knotted cotton warps at top end and uncut and looped warps at bottom end
ProvenanceDecember 1995, sold at the Antique and Tribal Indian Art Sale, Santa Fe, NM by Jerry Becker, Elk Creek Trading Company, Denver, to James and Margie Krebs, Marblehead, MA and Santa Fe; 2008, gift of James and Margie Krebs to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 17, 2008)