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Lot 129

A Diné (Navajo) Late Classic Period serape

9 December 2025, 12:00 PST
Los Angeles

US$30,000 - US$50,000

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A Diné (Navajo) Late Classic Period serape

Designed with stepped and solid bands in handspun brown and indigo-dyed blue, with likely synthetic pink, synthetic red and cochineal and lac-dyed red accents, on a natural cream ground, areas of restoration.
size approximately 6ft 9 1/2in x 4ft 9 1/2in

Footnotes

The lac-cochineal mixture tests at about 70% cochineal and 30% lac. The red and pink dyes confirmed via dye testing by Dr. David Wenger; a copy of the dye tests accompanies the lot.

Provenance
Cowan's Auctions, Cincinnati, OH, American Indian Art, 23 September, 2017, lot 284

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