The majority of this collection pertains to the weaving by Sadie Curtis included in the American flag weaving by Sadie Curtis, Navajo, Heard Museum catalogue number 4126-1. Textile is a standard sized flag, four feet by six feet, woven very finely and accurately, with 13 stripes (red stripes at top and bottom) and 50 stars. There is no border around the textile; from a short distance away (with the exception of the stars) it appears to be a machine made flag. It has white wool warp (11 warps per inch) and red and blue dyed weft and natural white wool weft (approximately 48 wefts per inch). Textile has red and white tassels in all four corners. The blue field is 24 3/4" x 32" and appears to have yarn of a different dye lot in the upper four inches of the field. The textile was one of two sponsored by Arizona Highways Magazine in 1976, to celebrate the Bicentennial. Both textiles were woven at Hubbell's Trading Post, managed by William Young. The other textile was an Arizona State flag. Written and photographic documentation that came with the textile indicate that it had a cloth strip sewn up the side with the stars. It was from this grommeted strip that it was ceremonially flown over the U.S. Capital and over the Arizona State Capital. This strip was apparently removed before the textile was auctioned, because it does not appear in the auction photo. A photo taken after the textile was auctioned shows the textile with the weaver, auctioneer Rex Allen and the purchaser. Also shows the 13 plastic rings that were sewn along the top edge of the textile. These rings were removed after the textile was purchased by the Museum. The rug became available for purchase when the former owner donated it to the Valley Presbyterian Church's Cooks Tour annual fund raiser.
