# Sarape with Compound Banded Design

- By: Navajo (Diné) (Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah, United States)
- Date: 1870–95
- Medium: Natural and Germantown wool, plain weave and single interlocking tapestry weave; twined warp ends and selvages; looped and knotted augmented corner tassels; natural and synthetic dyes
- Classification: Textile
- Dimensions: 186.7 × 137.8 cm (73 1/2 × 54 1/4 in.)
- Culture: Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico, & Utah
- Credit line: Bequest of Alan R. Brodie
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/210029)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/ada57475-4068-3ed6-7843-4ca310b1e586/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Some Navajo blankets carry what fifth-generation Navajo weavers Barbara Teller Pete and Lynda Teller Ornelas call a “memory”—a tendency to fold along creases formed by previous wear. When this sarape is displayed according to its memory, as if draped around a person’s shoulders, its striped and checkered lines form a new pattern.

Description © Art Institute of Chicago, CC BY 4.0