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Object Number
995-29-10/73790
Display Title
Chinle rug, bands with half diamonds and hour-glass figures
Descriptions
Object Description
Chinle rug. Gray-green background with bands of narrow alternating stripes of gold, white, pale gold, the two bands of stripes in center of rug with seven half diamonds in gold outlined in white attached at apex to each outer line, and similar bands with attached diamonds at top and bottom. Two bands above and below center band with seven light gold hour-glass forms outlined in white and attached to short disconnected white line at center, with border bands of gold, white, and light gold. Gray-green background "finished" at top and bottom with last weft rows in twill weave. Warp: white natural ;handspun wool; wefts: white natural handspun wool, gold, light gold, gray-green, natural handspun wool, vegetal dyed. Selvages: 2-ply gray-green cords added in all four edges. [see Object Description text entry for extended description]
Inventory Description
Rug, light green with white and tan
Classification
- Rug
Department
Ethnographic
Date
c.1970-1979
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: 160.5 x 97 x 0.7 cm (63 3/16 x 38 3/16 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
995-29-10/73790
Provenance
Collector
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
Donor
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
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