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Germantown Eyedazzler Pictorial Serape
Germantown Eyedazzler Pictorial Serape

Germantown Eyedazzler Pictorial Serape

CultureDiné (Navajo), Arizona or New Mexico
Dateca. 1885
MediumGermantown 4-ply commercial wool yarn and cotton twine
DimensionsOverall: 54 1/4 × 89 7/8 inches (137.8 × 228.28 cm)
Credit LineGift of Susan De Jong
Object number2017.79.1
On View
On view
Gallery Location
  • 208
Collections
DescriptionWoven serape primarily red with dark red, pink, gold, green, blue, black and white designs. It is dominated by a large multi-colored triangle with a human figure in the center, and smaller images of arrows, arrowheads, and other symbols.Provenance

Susan and Conrad De Jong, Santa Fe, NM;

Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2017.

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