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Object Number
995-29-10/73875
Display Title
Red Mesa/Outline style rug
Descriptions
Object Description
Red Mesa/Outline style rug. Central gray field filled with eye-dazzler type pattern; a central vertical line of seven concentric serrated diamond shapes and eight matching half diamond shapes at sides, with gray central diamond, brown serrated with white outline, a light gray with pink outline, then green merging with two serrated vertical zigzag bands in white, turquoise, maroon green, hot pink, brown. Border: black band with series of brown squares outlined in white fret line on sides that continues as straight whited line top and bottom. Warp: white 3-ply? wool; wefts: black, white, brown, green, maroon, turquoise, pink brown, tan, light gray, gray processed wool, 3-ply, aniline dyed. Selvages: weft wrapped around outer warp at sides, 4-ply commercial green yarn adde[see Object Description text entry for extended description]
Inventory Description
Rug, multicolor
Classification
- Rug
Department
Ethnographic
Date
c.1975-1990
Culture
- Navajo
- Modern
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Arizona
Materials
Wool
Dimensions
Overall: 93 x 69.5 x 0.3 cm (36 5/8 x 27 3/8 x 1/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
995-29-10/73875
Provenance
Collector
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
Donor
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
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