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Object Number
995-29-10/73773
Display Title
Wide Ruins rug, bands with serrated gold diamond, lozenges
Descriptions
Object Description
Wide Ruins rug by Faye Apache with four red-brown bands with three concentric and serrated diamonds and two half diamonds in pale gold, dark gold, white, with center olive diamond and bordered by white, light gold, dark brown lines. These bands are separated by five bands of gold with dark gold center band with four light gold lozenge patterns. Warp: white wool; wefts: dark gold, gold, pale gold, red-brown, olive vegetal colored wool, natural white wool. Selvages: gold cords woven in all four edges.
Warp direction: 115.5 x weft direction: 75 x depth: .4 cm plus 11 cm tassels at each corner.
Paper tag: "Faye Apache 29 1/2 x 44 1/2 "
Inventory Description
Rug, brown, yellow, white patterned stripes
Classification
- Rug
Department
Ethnographic
Date
c.1975-1990
Artist
Faye Apache
Culture
- Navajo
- Modern
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
New Mexico
Materials
Wool
Dimensions
Overall: 115.5 x 75 x 0.4 cm (45 1/2 x 29 1/2 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
995-29-10/73773
Provenance
Collector
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
Donor
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
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