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Sandpainting Tapestry

A work made of wool, dovetail and single interlocking tapestry weave; edges finished with three strand weft twining with four knotted corner tassels.

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  • A work made of wool, dovetail and single interlocking tapestry weave; edges finished with three strand weft twining with four knotted corner tassels.

Date:

c. 1925

Artist:

Hosteen Klah (Navajo, Diné, 1867–1937)
Navajo Nation (parts of Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah)

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Textiles

Artist

Hosteen Klah

Title

Sandpainting Tapestry

Place

Navajo (Object made in)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

Made 1915–1935

Medium

Wool, dovetail and single interlocking tapestry weave; edges finished with three strand weft twining with four knotted corner tassels

Dimensions

172.2 × 160.8 cm (67 3/4 × 63 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Ada Turnbull Hertle Endowment

Reference Number

2002.299

Extended information about this artwork

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