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Object Number
995-29-10/73799
Display Title
Rug with central concentric stepped diamonds, vegetal colors
Descriptions
Object Description
Standard design rug with vegetal colors. Concentric stepped central diamond with similar half diamonds above and below, in tan, white, gray, gray-green and brown; this is bordered by a gold band on all four sides, with a band of gray, at top and bottom and a gray border with serrated "fletching" pattern outlined with a narrow white line as it meets the negative "fletching" design in the gold outer border. Warp: white wool; wefts, white wool, gray - black and white wool carded together, tan, gray-green, gold, brown wool, vegetal dyed. Selvages: 2-ply gray cords added in all four edges.
Warp direction 128.5 x weft direction 91.5 x depth .4 cm, plus 8.5 cm tassels at each corner.
Paper tag, written in pencil: "Nazlini vegetal dyed by Ella M. Wilson 36 x 50"
Second tag, in pencil, same information
Inventory Description
Rug, yellow with brown geometric patterns
Classification
- Rug
Department
Ethnographic
Date
c.1975-1990
Artist
Ella M. Wilson
Culture
- Modern
- Navajo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Arizona
Materials
Wool
Dimensions
Overall: 128.5 x 91.5 x 0.4 cm (50 9/16 x 36 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
995-29-10/73799
Provenance
Collector
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
Donor
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
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