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Object Number
995-29-10/73914
Display Title
Standard design rug with twelve stepped diamonds
Descriptions
Object Description
Standard design rug. White field with a center panel of two gray stepped diamonds joined by gray lines to outer gray border and to the gray lines separating them from panels above and below; square panels above and below contain one smaller stepped brown diamond and four corner stepped gray diamonds that are attached to outer gray borders and to the gray lines above and below. Border: outer band of gray, all four edges. Warp: white wool; wefts: gray, white, brown wool. Selvages: 3-ply gray cords added in at sides, 2-ply white cords added in at top and bottom. Warp direction 57 x weft direction 27 x depth .4 cm, plus 9-10 cm tassels each corner.
Paper tag, written in ink: "R51c (10 1/2 x 22 1/2)
Inventory Description
Rug, woven wool, small, grey, brown and white stepped diamond design
Classification
- Rug
Department
Ethnographic
Date
c.1975-1990
Culture
- Modern
- Navajo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Arizona?
North America / United States / New Mexico?
North America / United States / New Mexico?
Materials
Wool
Dimensions
Overall: 57 x 27 x 0.4 cm (22 7/16 x 10 5/8 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
995-29-10/73914
Provenance
Collector
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
Donor
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
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