By Navajo
Located in Denver, CO
A vintage Navajo pictorial textile featuring the "Great Seal of the Navajo Tribe." The Tribal Seal, rich in pictographic imagery and symbolism, depicts a sheep, horse, cow, the 4 sacred mountains, the sun and pollen-tipped plants all encircled within a rainbow and arrowheads in natural ivory, brown and black fleece with aniline dyed red, yellow and green.
Exhibited: Museum of Man, San Diego, California
Provenance: Steve & Cleves Weber collection of pictorial weaving...
Category
American Native American Vintage 1940s Native American Objects