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Object Number
995-29-10/73775
Display Title
Wide Ruins rug, bands of serrated diamonds, bands hook-fret borders
Descriptions
Object Description
Wide Ruins rug made by Geneva Scott Shabie. One gold band with serrated gray-green, gold, brown, green diamonds with white centers bordered by stripe of gold/dark gold beading across middle of rug, with two additional gold bands with diamonds bordered by interlocking fret stripes of brown and gold above and below middle band; four bands, beaded and plain, of gold, white, gray and dark gold border the outer diamond and fret bands. Grey/brown beading stripe at top and bottom edges. Warp: white wool; wefts: white, brown, gold, gray, light gray, dark gray, pale gold, natural and vegetal colored wool. Selvages two-ply gold cords added in on sides, three-ply gold cords added in top and bottom. Warp direction: 100.5 x weft: 74 x depth: .3 cm, plus 5 cm tassels each [see Object Description text entry for extended description]
Inventory Description
Rug, yellow and brown
Classification
- Rug
Department
Ethnographic
Date
c.1975-1990
Artist
Geneva Scott Shabie
Culture
- Modern
- Navajo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
New Mexico?
North America / United States / Arizona?
North America / United States / Arizona?
Materials
Wool
Dimensions
Overall: 100.5 x 74 x 0.3 cm (39 9/16 x 29 1/8 x 1/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
995-29-10/73775
Provenance
Collector
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
Donor
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
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