Object Number | 75-15-2 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Navajo |
Provenience | Arizona | New Mexico |
Culture Area | Southwest Culture Area |
Date Made | 1890-1910 |
Section | American |
Materials | Germantown Wool | Cotton | Analine Dye |
Description | Pillow with handwoven front and cotton backing (commercial?). Woven with 3-ply yarn, probably Germantown. Front of pillow has red background with large right-hand swastika in center, done in blue and black. There is a smaller, white, left-hand swastika in one corner and a white cross in the diagonal corner. Two opposite edges have borders in green, gold, and olive stripes. The other two edges are plain. All edges have been overstitched. There are tassels on 3 of the 4 corners. |
Length | 50.2 cm |
Width | 46 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of Mrs. Emmanuel Lowenstein, 1975 |
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