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Standard design rug with Ganado colors
Standard design rug with Ganado colors
Object Number 995-29-10/73851
Display Title Standard design rug with Ganado colors
Descriptions
Object Description Standard design rug with Ganado colors. Gray field almost filled by three composite columns of stacked connected lozenges forming vertical stripes, a gray column in center of each with a white column on each side and an outer black column each side of that. Border: black band on all four edges. Warp: white natural handspun wool; wefts: white natural handspun wool, black natural handspun wool augmented, gray - natural handspun black and white wool carded together, red natural handspun wool, aniline dyed. Selvages: 1-ply black cords added in at sides, 3-ply white cords added in top and bottom. Warp direction 131 x weft direction 100 x depth .5 cm, plus 8-10 cm tassels at each corner. Large paper tag, written in pencil: "AA' Standard red, black, white 39 x 52. R32 [see Object Description text entry for extended description]
Inventory Description Rug, grey with zigzag design
Classification
  • Rug
Department Ethnographic
Date c.1975-1990
Culture
  • Navajo
  • Modern
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / New Mexico
North America / United States / Arizona
Materials Wool
Dimensions Overall: 131 x 100 x 0.5 cm (51 9/16 x 39 3/8 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 995-29-10/73851
Provenance
Collector Dr. William R. Wright (1995)
Donor Dr. William R. Wright (1995)

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