Rug
Navajo textile. Purchased on reservation in 1890. Two shades of brown, cream and red. Border is dark brown. Center has light brown field with 3 large stars made up of connected parallelograms in cream, dark brown, and red. There is a great deal of variation in the color of the dark brown wool. Clear escape line 4" from the bottom.
Circa: 1890 (according to SCM records) Foley Benson identified as Pan reseration or Klagetoh.
- Object: Rug
- Artist: -
- Circa: 1890
- Dimensions: 33" x 66"
- Culture Area: Southwest
- Cultural Group: Navajo
- Cultural Context: "During the mid to late 1800s, a distinctive eight-pointed star design began appearing in Mexican, Navajo and Rio Grande weavings. In the Hispanic weaving tradition, these unique and vibrant weavings became known as the "Vallero Star blankets." Part of the lore of these particular weavings was the name of a weaver from El Valle, a small mountain village located east of Truchas, New Mexico. According to the popular legend, Patricia Montoya was a crippled woman who wove all of these impressive and ornate weavings on a special loom equipped with hand pedals. Research now shows that this is no more than an impractical myth. Patricia, a weaver from a well-known weaving family, was not the originator of the Vallero Star blankets, nor was she the sole weaver of these varied and remarkable weavings. Furthermore, she did not suffer any physical limitations other than perhaps a broken nose!" (http://www.collectorsguide.com/fa/fa039.shtml)
- Donor: Sonoma County Museum
- Catalog #: 94.066