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Object Number
995-29-10/73854
Display Title
Coal Mine Mesa rug with raised outline
Descriptions
Object Description
Coal Mine Mesa rug. Raised outline technique. Four central diamonds, each with a central hourglass figure in vertical beading lines of gold and black, enclosed in a serrated butterfly-diamond figure of black and white vertical beading, which is enclosed in a serrated diamond of red and black vertical beading and bordered by a straight-sided gray and black beaded diamonds. At each side a series of three half diamonds with quarter diamonds at corners mesh with central column of diamonds. Side figures have central serrated form in black and white vertical beading in straight-sided brown and black vertical beaded diamond; the two half diamonds in middle of side have half butterfly figure in black and gold vertical beading. Raised outline trim. Border: an inner border of bl[see Object Description text entry for extended description]
Inventory Description
Textile, rug, black, white, brown
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: 152.5 x 78 x 0.5 cm (60 1/16 x 30 11/16 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
995-29-10/73854
Provenance
Collector
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
Donor
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
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