Navajo

RUG

133 cm x 71 cm 
Navajo, Two Gray Hills style 
New Mexico, North America 
Museum Purchase 
LMA 2445

The Two Gray Hills style, originating in the area between Shiprock and Gallup, features natural colors and geometric designs with wide borders.

DRESS FABRIC ON LOOM

Navajo 
New Mexico, North America 
Museum Purchase 
LMA 1423

This pattern would have formed the broad red border of a typical Navajo dress.

COOKING POT

Navajo 
New Mexico, North America 
Horatio N. Rust Collection 
LMA 15392

These rare cooking pots were scraped with a corncob to give a rough finish, lined with pinyon gum and decorated with a band around the rim.

COOKING POT

Navajo 
New Mexico, North America 
Horatio N. Rust Collection 
LMA 15415

This taller, narrower cooking pot has only two rows of beaded decoration around the rim.

WEDDING BASKET

Navajo 
Northeastern Arizona 
North America 
Not numbered

The construction of the wedding basket was regulated by ritual requirements. The end of the coil always aligns with the "path" which runs through the "sacred mountains", depicted as a stepped motif. This pathway faces east when the basket is used ceremonially.

COILED BASKET

Navajo 
New Mexico, North America 
Albert Green Heath Collection 
LMA 30011

Navajo baskets are rare. They are constructed by coiling a pair of rods bundled with fibers, and are decorated with simple geometric designs.