Pictorial Rug
CultureDiné (Navajo), Arizona or New Mexico
Dateca. 1900
MediumUndyed and handspun merino fleece yarn, dark brown yarn top dyed with piñon pitch, and handspun merino fleece yarn dyed in the yarn with synthetic dyes
DimensionsOverall: 49 3/4 × 74 5/8 inches (126.37 × 189.55 cm)
Credit LineGift of Susan De Jong
Object number2019.19.4
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DescriptionA bordered rug with corn stalk pictorials; the body of the rug was woven without colored yarns.ProvenanceSusan De Jong, Santa Fe, NM;
Her gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2019.
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