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Object Number 995-29-10/73791
Display Title Chinle rug, bands of outline hour-glass figures
Descriptions
Object Description Chinle rug. Three bands with elongated lozenges in zig-zag lines above and below center line suggesting elaborated hour-glass forms, the middle band of yellow-gold with orange central line and gray zig-zag lines and a border of orange lines and light brown and white bands. The other two bands of green with yellow-gold center line and zig-zag lines, bordered by white and orange lines. These bands are separated by two light brown bands. Light brown bands at top and bottom, one with one white and one yellow and line in middle, and yellow-gold line at edge, the other band with one green and one white line in middle and one orange and one yellow line at edge. Warp: natural handspun wool; wefts: white natural handspun wool, brown and gray - natural handspun white and blacks ca[see Object Description text entry for extended description]
Inventory Description Rug, stripes of greys and browns
Classification
  • Rug
Department Ethnographic
Date c.1992
Culture
  • Modern
  • Navajo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / New Mexico
North America / United States / Arizona
Materials Wool
Dimensions Overall: 130 x 93 x 0.6 cm (51 3/16 x 36 5/8 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 995-29-10/73791
Provenance
Collector Dr. William R. Wright (1995)
Donor Dr. William R. Wright (1995)

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