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Object Number
995-29-10/73928
Display Title
Classic revival rug with Moqui pattern and early Crystal designs
Descriptions
Object Description
Classic revival rug with Moqui pattern and early Crystal designs. Center panel with three red crosses with white tips and two matching three-quarter crosses at sides across the middle, and a series of four red hook-fret figures across above and below, all imposed on a background of dark blue and black stripes. The two panels above and below this have two stepped blue heart-shaped elements each containing a red hook-fret figure, outlined in stepped heart figures of red, then white; the bases of the hearts are truncated, the blue heart ends in solid black bottom. Between heart figures and center panel the black triangular fields have five red crosses, the center crosses with white at all four tips and others with white at top and bottom tips only, again with three-quarter [see Object Description text entry for extended description]
Inventory Description
Rug, navy blue, red, and white
Classification
- Rug
Department
Ethnographic
Date
c.1975-1990
Culture
- Navajo
- Modern
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Arizona
Materials
Wool
Dimensions
Overall: 169 x 119.5 x 0.3 cm (66 9/16 x 47 1/16 x 1/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
995-29-10/73928
Provenance
Collector
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
Donor
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
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