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Object Number
995-29-10/73784
Display Title
Crystal rug, bands with "hour-glass" figures and bands of stripes
Descriptions
Object Description
Crystal rug. Four gray bands with brown "squash blossom" or "hour glass" figures outlined in white, with border of two stripes of connected gold, white, gray lozenges enclosed in brown lines; these bands separated by five bands of gold with center stripe of alternation brown and white lines; brown bands at top and bottom. Warp: white natural handspun wool; wefts: white natural handspun wool, black natural handspun, augmented, gray - natural handspun black and white wool carded together, brown and gold vegetal dyed wool. Selvages: weft wrapped around outer warp at sides, black 2-ply cords added in at top and bottom.
Warp direction 128 x weft direction 85 x depth .5 cm, plus 8 cm tassels all four corners.
Paper tag, written in pencil: "B/ R20N Crystal, vegetal 33 . 49 1/2"
Inventory Description
Rug, stripes in shades of brown
Classification
- Rug
Department
Ethnographic
Date
c.1975-1990
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: 128 x 85 x 0.5 cm (50 3/8 x 33 7/16 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
995-29-10/73784
Provenance
Collector
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
Donor
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
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