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Object Number 2017.17.11
Display Title Navajo regional rug with white background center and conjoined terraced diamond design
Descriptions
Object Description Navajo regional rug with white background center and conjoined terraced diamond design, the terraced border with red and black divided bands and turquoise rectangles on alternating sides of the meander line
Inventory Description Rug, woven wool, dark brown, red, tan, green, pink ground, step, diamond geometric patterns
Classification
  • Rug
Department Ethnographic
Date c. 1940's
Culture
  • Navajo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Arizona
Materials Wool , Dye
Dimensions Overall: 166 × 104.5 × 0.4 cm (65 3/8 × 41 1/8 × 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2017.17.11
Credit Line Gift in loving memory of George Wald and Ruth Hubbard Wald
Provenance
Collector Prof. George Wald (c. 1958-1959)
Collector Ruth Hubbard Wald
Donor Donated by Deborah Wald (12/12/2017)

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