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Object Number
995-29-10/73796
Display Title
Chinle rug with Ganado colors, stacked triangles
Descriptions
Object Description
Chinle rug. Ganado colors: gray background with two wide gray bands with five stacked serrated connected triangles in modified "butterfly" motif with black bands edged by white lines and widely-spaced white triangles above and below white lines; these bands are separated by a center band with border of narrow black bands with white line with triangles enclosing a gray band with four small white diamonds, and two other bands are of red with a black stripe with attached black triangles; there is a wide gray band at each end. Warp: white wool; weft: red, black, gray, and white natural and aniline dyed wool. Selvages: 2-ply gray cords added in each corner. Warp direction 103 x weft direction 74 x depth .4 cm, plus 8 cm tassels each corner, braided 3 cm, tied, rest loose.[see Object Description text entry for extended description]
Inventory Description
Rug, grey, black, and red geometric design
Classification
- Rug
Department
Ethnographic
Date
c.1975-1990
Culture
- Modern
- Navajo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Arizona
North America / United States / New Mexico
North America / United States / New Mexico
Materials
Wool
Dimensions
Overall: 103 x 74 x 0.4 cm (40 9/16 x 29 1/8 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
995-29-10/73796
Provenance
Collector
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
Donor
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
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