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Wide Ruins rug in Ganado colors, with "butterfly" and "hourglass" motifs
Wide Ruins rug in Ganado colors, with "butterfly" and "hourglass" motifs
Object Number 995-29-10/73797
Display Title Wide Ruins rug in Ganado colors, with "butterfly" and "hourglass" motifs
Descriptions
Object Description Wide Ruins rug, in dark red, grays, black and white (Ganado colors) with five pattern bands with ten concentric serrated figures of stacked diamonds. Three of these pattern bands have a gray hourglass figures in center of red, white, then black "butterfly" forms enclosed in dark gray diamonds outlined in black and half diamonds formed of three gray and one black triangle. The other two pattern bands have a white hourglass figure in center of black butterfly figure on a dark red background band bordered by half diamonds formed of three gray and one black triangle on a black serrated zig zag band accented with white hourglass forms. These bands are separated by six broad bands with narrow stripes of dark red, black, white, gray and red/gray and black/gray beading stripes. [see Object Description text entry for extended description]
Inventory Description Rug with red, gray, black and white 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
Materials Wool
Dimensions Overall: 216 x 120.5 x 0.4 cm (85 1/16 x 47 7/16 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 995-29-10/73797
Provenance
Collector Dr. William R. Wright (1995)
Donor Dr. William R. Wright (1995)

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