Unknown Diné (Navajo)

Native American

Rug
Date unknown

Wool
73 x 41.5 in.
Museum Permanent Collection
1984.1320

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This object has the following keywords:

• geometric
• geometric patterns
• Native American
• Navajo rugs - Sources:
  - Work cat.: Patterns and sources of Navajo weaving, c1977.
  - Lowell, S. Navajo rug designs, c2005.
  - Rodee, M.E. One hundred years of Navajo rugs, c1995.
• rugs - Heavy woven textiles used for a variety of utilitarian purposes essentially in the form in which they left the loom. In Western societies they are used primarily as floor coverings.
• textiles - General term for carpets, fabrics, costume, or other works made of textile materials, which are natural or synthetic fibers created by weaving, felting, knotting, twining, or otherwise processing. For works of art or high craft that employ textile as a medium, prefer "textile art (visual works)."