id:			97991
accession number:	1917.62
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1917.62
updated:		2019-07-18 08:00:22.515000

Hubbell Revival-style Rug with Moki (Moqui) Stripes, c. 1890-1910. America, Native North American, Southwest, Navajo, Post-Contact, Early Period. Tapestry weave: wool (Germantown); overall: 194.8 x 138.4 cm (76 11/16 x 54 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. L. E. Holden 1917.62

title:				Hubbell Revival-style Rug with Moki (Moqui) Stripes
title in original language:	
series:				
series in original language:	
creation date:			c. 1890-1910
creation date earliest:		1890
creation date latest:		1910
current location:		
creditline:			Gift of Mrs. L. E. Holden
copyright:			

---

culture:	America, Native North American, Southwest, Navajo, Post-Contact, Early Period
technique:	tapestry weave: wool (Germantown)
department:	Textiles
collection:	T - Native North American
type:		Textile
find spot:	
catalogue raisonne: 

---

CREATORS

---

measurements: Overall: 194.8 x 138.4 cm (76 11/16 x 54 1/2 in.)
state of the work:	
edition of the work: 	

support materials:


inscriptions:

---

CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art
	opening date:   2006-06-09T00:00:00
	<i>The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art</i>. MOCA Cleveland, OH (June 9-August 20, 2006).

	title:		Gallery 231- NNA Textile Rotation- August 2017
	opening date:   2017-08-01T04:00:00
	<i>Gallery 231- NNA Textile Rotation- August 2017</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer).

---

LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* Gallery- NNA Textile Rotation- July 2004. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Oh, (July 9, 2004 - May, 26, 2005)

---

PROVENANCE

---

fun fact: 


digital description: 


wall description: 
Navajo blankets are splendid microcosms of the Southwest’s cultural richness. This example has two old Navajo designs: the terraced diamond and the striped moki pattern. Moki’s origin is unclear. It may have come from Pueblo peoples, from whom the Navajo learned weaving after migrating to the Southwest from Canada. Or it could have come from the Spaniards, who arrived in the Southwest in 1540, not long after the Navajo. Though the patterns are old, the blanket was created around 1900 when Navajo weavers began to innovate for the Anglo market, and wearing-blankets, which were worn around the shoulders, became rugs sold to outsiders. In Navajo legend, weaving is connected to the mythic Spider-Woman, who on her loom wove the universe from cosmic materials. Weaving, then, is an activity charged with meaning. The Navajo place emphasis not so much on the final product but on the process, which they regard as a means of creating beauty and projecting it onto the world.
---

RELATED WORKS

---

CITATIONS

	Sims, Lowery Stokes. The persistence of geometry: form, content, and culture in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2006.
	page number: 	p. 88 & 118, No. 62
	url:		

---

IMAGES

web:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1917.62/1917.62_web.jpg
print:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1917.62/1917.62_print.jpg
full:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1917.62/1917.62_full.tif