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Object Number
995-29-10/73781
Display Title
Wide Ruins or Pine Springs rug with bands of stepped diamonds
Descriptions
Object Description
Wide Ruins or Pine Springs rug, three bands of gray-green with three stepped concentric brown, gold and center green diamonds, the outer brown diamonds joined and accented with brown horizontal lines at steps, and eight groups of three gold squares each above and below diamonds, bordered by white/green and green/brown pick and pick beading; these bands separated by four wide gold bands with center stripe of pink-tan with lines of white and lines of gray and lines of pink/tan beading. Warp: white wool; wefts: gold, gray-green, dark brown, light gold, pink-tan, gray and white natural and vegetal colored wool.
Selvages: 2-ply pink-gold cords added in all four edges.
Warp direction 88.5 x weft direction 59 x depth .3 cm, plus 6 cm tassels all four corners.
Inventory Description
Rug, yellow and browns striped
Classification
- Rug
Department
Ethnographic
Date
c.1975-1990
Culture
- Navajo
- Modern
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: 88.5 x 59 x 0.3 cm (34 13/16 x 23 1/4 x 1/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
995-29-10/73781
Provenance
Collector
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
Donor
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
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