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Two Grey Hills rug, stepped zigzag lines
Two Grey Hills rug, stepped zigzag lines
Object Number 995-29-10/73867
Display Title Two Grey Hills rug, stepped zigzag lines
Descriptions
Object Description Two Grey Hills rug. Central panel of gray-brown with two stepped zigzag lines consisting of a brown center line with a white line and a black line on each side, forming two diamonds with a half diamond above and below and three half diamonds at each side. In center of each gray-brown diamond is a small concentric stepped diamond with brown at center, then white, then black; in the half diamond in center of each side is a brown stepped triangle outlined in a band of white, and in the other half diamonds of the sides and at top and bottom is a black stepped triangle outlined in white. The gray-brown panel is bordered by a brown band, with a series of stepped black quarter diamonds banded in brown extending into the broad white border at each side, and meeting white border [see Object Description text entry for extended description]
Inventory Description Textile, rug, brown, white
Classification
  • Rug
Department Ethnographic
Date c.1975-1990
Culture
  • Modern
  • Navajo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / New Mexico
Materials Wool
Dimensions Overall: 117 x 75 x 0.3 cm (46 1/16 x 29 1/2 x 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 995-29-10/73867
Provenance
Collector Dr. William R. Wright (1995)
Donor Dr. William R. Wright (1995)

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