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Object Number
985-27-10/58922
Display Title
Rug, Two Grey Hills palette: cream ground w/ vertical panel of three diamonds
Descriptions
Object Description
Rug, Two Grey Hills palette. Wool: cream ground w/ central vertical panel of three diamonds made from diamond and triangular forms in red, tan, cream, brown on a serrated wavy-edged light brown form, border of dark brown, plain stripe top/bottom serrated band sides. 164.5 x 114.5 cm.
Inventory Description
Rug, wool, polychrome geometric designs
Classification
- Rug
Department
Ethnographic
Date
c.1900-1930
Culture
- Early Rug Period
- Navajo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
Materials
Wool, Dye
Dimensions
Overall: 164.5 x 114.5 x 0.3 cm (64 3/4 x 45 1/16 x 1/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
985-27-10/58922; NAVAJO/BLANKET - RUG?/NOT ORIG CAT #/CLAF/B9:372:E
Provenance
Collector
William H. Claflin, Jr.
(1920s-1930s - 1985)
Donor
William H. Claflin, Jr.
(1920s-1930s - 1985)
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