Description
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.
Provenance
Alan R. Brodie (died Oct. 18, 2010), Chicago, by 2010; bequeathed to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2012.
Accession Number
210029
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.)
Classification
textile
Credit Line
Bequest of Alan R. Brodie