Vegetable Dye Chart

Date created
circa 1962
Culture/People
Diné (Navajo)
Previous owner
Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
IACB source
Erich Kohlberg, Non-Indian, 1886-1978
Collection History
Formerly owned by Erich Kohlberg (1886-1978, owner of Kohlberg's Antiques, a Denver, Colorado, dealer in Indian arts); donated to the Indian Arts and Crafts Board by Erich Kohlberg in 1963; part of the IACB Headquarters collection (Department of the Interior, Washington, DC) until 2000 when it was transferred to NMAI.
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Place
Arizona or New Mexico; USA (inferred)
See related items
Diné (Navajo)
Materials: Prepared
Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Catalog Number
26/2039
Barcode
262039.000
Object Type
Materials: Prepared
Title
Vegetable Dye Chart
Object Name
Demonstration item
Media/Materials
Board, yarn, wool (unspun), alder bark, sage, juniper berries, rabbitbrush
Techniques
Collaged, dyed, woven
Dimensions
55.7 x 72.1 cm
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6f04d8f9b-3a51-40db-8ca9-365fa4946d17
Record ID
NMAI_278146