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Late Classic Wedge Weave Serape

CultureDiné (Navajo), Arizona or New Mexico
Dateca. 1880
MediumHandspun Merino fleece, synthetic dyes, indigo, and un-dyed handspun Merino fleece
DimensionsOverall: 65 × 46 inches (165.1 × 116.84 cm)
Credit LineGift of Susan and Conrad De Jong
Object number2020.27.4
On View
On view
Gallery Location
  • 208
DescriptionWoven textile utilizing alternating panels of tan horizontal strips and a distinctive zigzag pattern in alternating colors. The zigzag stripes alternate between a grouping of alternating yellow and blue lines to alternating red and black lines.Provenance

Collection of Susan De Jong, Santa Fe, NM;

Her gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2020.

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