Weaving, Hubbell Revival, Pictorial
Artist
Navajo Nation
Date1890-1900
MediumWool (animal fiber), Germantown yarn, synthetic dye
DimensionsOverall: 62 3/8 x 47 9/16 in. (158.5 x 120.9 cm)
ClassificationsTextile, Fiber Arts, & Beadwork
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Irwin Moise
Object numberPC1977.115.1
DescriptionA Hubbell Revival pictorial ["Moki-style'] weaving. 4-ply S-ply Z-twist commercial Germantown beige; red, dark red, purple shifted to blue, green. Center diamonds with bows, arrows, knives; different red used in beaded stripes. The weaver's signature or a spirit line appears in the upper right quadrant from the center half-diamond.The red beading in thin stripes is a Pueblo influence from ancestral times. Also has red pictorial elements including knives, bows and arrows. The purple dye in the Germantown yarn, which replaced indigo-dyed yarn in earlier Moki-style blankets, has shifted to a dark blue.
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1940s-50s
ca. 1945
