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Coal Mine Mesa raised outline rug, seven stacked diamonds
Object Number 995-29-10/73856
Display Title Coal Mine Mesa raised outline rug, seven stacked diamonds
Descriptions
Object Description Coal Mine Mesa rug. Raised outline technique. Hedlund says it may be by Lillie Walker, from the 1970's-1980's, due to the rough handspun yarns and simple designs. Seven serrated diamonds stacked up center of rug, each with a central squash blossom motif in gold and brown vertical beading enclosed in a gray and brown vertical bead diamond which is enclosed in a black and brown vertical beaded serrated diamond within a straight-sided white and brown diamond. At each side a series of six half diamonds and two quarter diamonds meshes with central diamonds; these have a gray and brown vertical beaded serrated center and outer straight-sided gold and brown beading half diamond. Raised outline trim. [see extended description in Text Entries Object Description]
Inventory Description Rug, brown and white
Classification
  • Rug
Department Ethnographic
Date c.1975-1990
Artist Lillie Walker
Culture
  • Modern
  • Navajo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / New Mexico?
North America / United States / Arizona?
Materials Wool
Dimensions Overall: 152.5 x 81 x 0.7 cm (60 1/16 x 31 7/8 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 995-29-10/73856
Provenance
Collector Dr. William R. Wright (1995)
Donor Dr. William R. Wright (1995)

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