80_5_2.jpg
Dublin Core
Title
80_5_2.jpg
Description
Dates: 1960-1970
Size: 230 x 178.5 cm; 8 warps(comma) 30 wefts
Description: After a decline in the Navajo rug market during the Great Depression(comma) a revival period(comma) focused in northeastern Arizona(comma) brought back stylized classic designs made with vegetable dyed wools. One of the best known regional types is the Ganado style. The modern regional Ganado type is distinguished by the use of predominately red(comma) gray(comma) ivory(comma) and black in bold designs. Motifs can include stepped diamonds and triangles(comma) central lozenges(comma) crosses(comma) and zigzags. This example of the regional type was woven by Redhouse Girl using commercial yarn for the grey(comma) as well as aniline and natural dyed wools for the other shades.
Size: 230 x 178.5 cm; 8 warps(comma) 30 wefts
Description: After a decline in the Navajo rug market during the Great Depression(comma) a revival period(comma) focused in northeastern Arizona(comma) brought back stylized classic designs made with vegetable dyed wools. One of the best known regional types is the Ganado style. The modern regional Ganado type is distinguished by the use of predominately red(comma) gray(comma) ivory(comma) and black in bold designs. Motifs can include stepped diamonds and triangles(comma) central lozenges(comma) crosses(comma) and zigzags. This example of the regional type was woven by Redhouse Girl using commercial yarn for the grey(comma) as well as aniline and natural dyed wools for the other shades.
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“80_5_2.jpg,” LibMesa, accessed December 24, 2025, https://libmesa.unm.edu/items/show/460.
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