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Contemporary Chief Set (Three Miniatures)

A work made of wool; dovetail tapestry weave; extended selvage cord fringe. warp: hand carded wool and mohair; weft: commercially processed, aniline dyed merino wool, respun by the artist; approximately 14 warps/inch and 112 wefts/inch..
© 2024 Barbara Teller Ornelas

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  • A work made of wool; dovetail tapestry weave; extended selvage cord fringe. warp: hand carded wool and mohair; weft: commercially processed, aniline dyed merino wool, respun by the artist; approximately 14 warps/inch and 112 wefts/inch..

Date:

2024

Artist:

Barbara Teller Ornelas (Diné, born 1954)
Born to the Water’s Edge Clan, TĂ¡bÄ…Ä…hĂ¡, born for the Water-Flows-Together Clan, TĂ³â€™aheedlĂ­inii, Maternal grandfather born for Red Bottom People, TÅ‚â€™Ă¡Ă¡shchí’í; paternal grandfather One-Walks-Around Clan, HonĂ¡ghĂ¡ahnii
Two Grey Hills, New Mexico, Navajo Nation

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Textiles

Artist

Barbara Teller Ornelas

Title

Contemporary Chief Set (Three Miniatures)

Place

Two Grey Hills (Object made in:)

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Made 2024

Medium

Wool; dovetail tapestry weave; extended selvage cord fringe. Warp: hand carded wool and mohair; weft: commercially processed, aniline dyed merino wool, respun by the artist; approximately 14 warps/inch and 112 wefts/inch.

Dimensions

a: 24.5 Ă— 25.8 cm (9 5/8 Ă— 10 1/8 in.); b: 24.5 Ă— 26.1 cm (9 5/8 Ă— 10 1/4 in.); c: 24.5 Ă— 26.1 cm (9 5/8 Ă— 10 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Don F. and Jean F. Stuck Endowment Fund

Reference Number

2024.866a-c

Copyright

© 2024 Barbara Teller Ornelas

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