Sarape with Compound Banded Design
Navajo
1870–1895
- Medium
- Natural and Germantown wool, plain weave and single interlocking tapestry weave; twined warp ends and selvages; looped and knotted augmented corner tassels; natural and synthetic dyes
- Dimensions
- 186.7 × 137.8 cm (73 1/2 × 54 1/4 in.)
- Genre
- Textiles
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Styles
Tags
wool (textile)indigenousstripesnavajocostume - weavingnorth americannative americansingle interlocking tapestry weavingdinenative north americanArts of the AmericasTextileweavingart of the americasgeometric motifwearing blanketlinesplain weaving
About
Some Navajo blankets carry what fifth-generation Navajo weavers Barbara Teller Pete and Lynda Teller Ornelas call a “memory”—a tendency to fold along creases formed by previous wear. When this sarape is displayed according to its memory, as if draped around a person’s shoulders, its striped and checkered lines form a new pattern.
