Germantown Pictorial Serape (Two Looms Pictorial)
CultureNavajo (Diné), Arizona or New Mexico
Dateca. 1885
MediumCommercial machine-spun dyed and undyed Germantown wool yarn and commercial undyed cotton twine
DimensionsOverall: 86 × 60 inches (218.44 × 152.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Susan De Jong
Object number2023.48.3
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DescriptionThis serape includes pictorials of cornstalks, knives, pocket knives, scissors, weaving batons and weaving combs. A pictorial of a large purple weaving baton appears at the bottom edge of the serape. Above and below the central diamond, there are pictorials of two Navajo upright looms, and unfinished Germantown eyedazzler serape is in the process of being woven, with its warps visible as vertical black and veritcal white lines above the unfinished serape. A pair of weaving sticks runs horitzonally through each body of warps.ProvenanceSusan De Jong, Santa Fe, New Mexico;
Her gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri, 2023.
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