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Object Number 995-29-10/73888
Display Title Diamond network style rug with cattle brand motif
Descriptions
Object Description Diamond network style rug with cattle brand motif. Faded red-pink field with serrated horizontal zigzag bands of black with white one side and yellow the other, forming a lattice pattern outlining a central band of one diamond flanked by two half diamonds, bands above and below that with two diamonds, and bands top and bottom of half diamond flanked by two quarter diamonds. The diamond in center of rug has a black stepped geometric element that may be a cattle brand. In one band of two diamonds the inner yellow zigzag lines forming lattice meet at center of rug and also interrupt the black inner border at sides of rug; extension of red-pink field forms outer border around all four edges. Lazy lines. Selvages: 2-ply red-pink cords added in all four edges. Warp: white [see Object Description text entry for extended description]
Inventory Description Rug, orange, black, white
Classification
  • Rug
Department Ethnographic
Date c.1890-1910
Culture
  • Early Rug Period
  • Navajo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / New Mexico
North America / United States / Arizona
Materials Wool
Dimensions Overall: 215 x 135 x 0.3 cm (84 5/8 x 53 1/8 x 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 995-29-10/73888
Provenance
Collector Dr. William R. Wright (1995)
Donor Dr. William R. Wright (1995)

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