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Exhibition HistoryMuseum of Our National Heritage, Lexington, MA, December 6, 1994, May 2, 1995.
"The Flag in American Indian Art," New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ, August 30, 1997 - January 18, 1998; High Museum of Art, Atlanta GA. February 21, 1998 - June 13, 1998; Historical Society of Saginaw County, (Castle Museum), Saginaw, MI. August 1, 1998 - September 27, 1998; Houston Museum of Natural Science. October 1998 - March 1999; Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, Lincoln, NE. July 3, 1999 - August 29, 1999; Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center, Mashantucket, CT. October 1999 - December 1999.
ProvenanceJames Waste, California; Butterfield & Butterfield, San Francisco, California; Morning Star Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
BibliographyFenichell, Jill Weitzman. "The Flag in American Indian Art." Antiques and the Arts Weekly, July 23, 1993, p.72.
Butterfield & Butterfield. March 18, 1988, lot 4003.
Campbell, Tyrone, Joel Kopp and Kate Kopp. Navajo Pictorial Weavings: 1880-1950. New York: Cutton Studio Books, 1991, p.77, fig.105.
Cassedy, Susannah. "The Thaw Collection." Museum News. Vol. 72, No. 1. (January/February 1993): 30-31.
Herbst, Toby and Joel Kopp. The Flag in American Indian Art. Cooperstown, NY: New York State Historical Association, 1993, p. 108, fig. 108.
Vincent, Gilbert et al. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2000, p.242.
Fognell, Eva and Alexander Brier Marr, eds. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection at the Fenimore Art Museum, 2nd ed. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2016, p. 260.
Culture
Dine (Navajo)
Rug
Date1930-1940
MediumHandspun wool
DimensionsOverall: 26 × 44 in. (66 × 111.8 cm)
Object numberT0466
Credit LineGift of Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw
Photograph by Richard Walker
Label TextNavajo women from the Chinle area of Arizona are known for the subtle choice of colors in their weavings. The neutral tan, brown and gray dyes heighten the intensity of the six American flags, making them stand out in the design. The pattern relates to the traditional stripes used by Navajo weavers for chief blankets, such as those in the Thaw Gallery. Navajo rugs became very popular with the American public when the Santa Fe Railway opened the Southwest to a tourist trade.Exhibition HistoryMuseum of Our National Heritage, Lexington, MA, December 6, 1994, May 2, 1995.
"The Flag in American Indian Art," New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ, August 30, 1997 - January 18, 1998; High Museum of Art, Atlanta GA. February 21, 1998 - June 13, 1998; Historical Society of Saginaw County, (Castle Museum), Saginaw, MI. August 1, 1998 - September 27, 1998; Houston Museum of Natural Science. October 1998 - March 1999; Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, Lincoln, NE. July 3, 1999 - August 29, 1999; Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center, Mashantucket, CT. October 1999 - December 1999.
ProvenanceJames Waste, California; Butterfield & Butterfield, San Francisco, California; Morning Star Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
BibliographyFenichell, Jill Weitzman. "The Flag in American Indian Art." Antiques and the Arts Weekly, July 23, 1993, p.72.
Butterfield & Butterfield. March 18, 1988, lot 4003.
Campbell, Tyrone, Joel Kopp and Kate Kopp. Navajo Pictorial Weavings: 1880-1950. New York: Cutton Studio Books, 1991, p.77, fig.105.
Cassedy, Susannah. "The Thaw Collection." Museum News. Vol. 72, No. 1. (January/February 1993): 30-31.
Herbst, Toby and Joel Kopp. The Flag in American Indian Art. Cooperstown, NY: New York State Historical Association, 1993, p. 108, fig. 108.
Vincent, Gilbert et al. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2000, p.242.
Fognell, Eva and Alexander Brier Marr, eds. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection at the Fenimore Art Museum, 2nd ed. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2016, p. 260.
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