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Fourth-Phase Chief Blanket Style Rug

Unknown artist, c. 1900

1.78 m × 1.51 m

Almost as tall as a doorway. It comes to about the height of the person standing beside it.

Against things you know the size of

Height: 1.51 m
Width: 1.78 m
Medium: tapestry weave: wool (handspun, Germantown, and bayeta)
Kind: Textile
Made in: Native North America, Southwest, Diné (Navajo)
Where the measurement comes from: Measured by the museum. The dimension is the one recorded by the institution that holds the work.
As the museum records it: Overall: 178.4 x 151.1 cm (70 1/4 x 59 1/2 in.)
Why this differs from the record: Recorded as 1.51 m × 1.78 m. Hung the other way up, because the photograph of it is.
Credit: Gift of Amelia Elizabeth White

Five questions, answered from its own record. What is AGAI?

How big is it?: 1.78 m × 1.51 m. Almost as tall as a doorway. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?: Made c. 1900. It is in the public domain, and The Cleveland Museum of Art publishes it for open use.
Whose is it?: Everyone’s to see. It is held by The Cleveland Museum of Art: Gift of Amelia Elizabeth White.
How was it made?: Tapestry weave: wool (handspun, Germantown, and bayeta), made in Native North America, Southwest, Diné (Navajo), Native North America, Southwest, Diné (Navajo).
Who speaks for it?: Its record at The Cleveland Museum of Art. Measured by the museum. This gallery adds nothing it cannot cite.

One email. The smallest thing in the collection, the largest, and two that hang well together.

Scored on colour, shape, era and scale, the same way the gallery hangs them.