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Object Number 995-29-10/73853
Display Title Coal Mine Mesa rug with raised outline technique
Descriptions
Object Description Coal Mine Mesa rug. Raised outline technique. A central column of stacked connecting diamonds and hourglass figures in vertical beading lines of alternating gold and white stitches bordered on each side by brown and white beaded chevrons; two side columns of brown and white vertical beading bordered each side by white stacked chevrons which connect to the side borders of red and black beading in a vertical zigzag and to plain white band across top and bottom. Raised outline trim. Border: black band at top and bottom only. Warp: white natural handspun wool; Wefts: white natural handspun wool, black natural handspun wool augmented, brown, gold, and red natural handspun wool aniline dyed. Selvages: weft wrapped around outer warp at sides, 2-ply gray cords added in at top [see Object Description text entry for extended description]
Inventory Description Rug, white, red, and black
Classification
  • Rug
Department Ethnographic
Date c.1950-1959
Culture
  • Modern
  • Navajo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Arizona?
North America / United States / New Mexico?
Materials Wool
Dimensions Overall: 155 x 76.5 x 0.4 cm (61 x 30 1/8 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 995-29-10/73853
Provenance
Collector Dr. William R. Wright (1995)
Donor Dr. William R. Wright (1995)

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