Unknown Diné (Navajo)

Native American

Rug
1895

Wool
65.875 x 41 in.
Museum Permanent Collection
1984.1380

• diagonal - Inclined obliquely from a reference line, like a straight line joining the two opposite corners of a rectangle.
• 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.
• stripes
• 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)."