Germantown Red Rug

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Culture Diné (Navajo)

Title Germantown Red Rug

Date 1880–1900

Medium Wool and dye

Dimensions Object: 98 1/8 × 58 3/4 in. (249.2 × 149.2 cm)
Overall: 98 1/8 × 58 3/4 in. (249.2 × 149.2 cm)

Credit Line Gift in Memory of Lyle Gifford Boyd, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University

Accession Number 2015.136

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This Germantown rug uses several common motifs with stacked triangles and arrows creating a border. The central motif is made up of five crosses with small “flags” at four of their corners, known as Spider Woman Crosses. This motif is extremely old and can be found in some of the earliest known Navajo weavings and traced directly to a motif found in Navajo basketry.

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"Germantown Red Rug | Collections Online." Collections Online. Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University, 2024. https://artmuseum.indiana.edu/collections-online/browse/object.php?number=2015.136