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Object Number
995-29-10/73805
Display Title
Pictorial rug. Reservation scene with airplanes
Descriptions
Object Description
Pictorial rug. Reservation scene with airplanes. Gray background with four bands . Lowest band is scene with a hogan flanked by two horses, one white one light tan, and two green trees, one with blue bird on top, one with white-headed black bird on top. Band above has brown mesas rising from narrow green line, a gold cross above mesas in center of rug, with two white jet planes, one with black/white vertical beading band along body, other with tan and white vertical pick and pick band; white triangular clouds float above. At top a narrow red and narrow bright blue stripe. Borders: at top a white and black pick and pick band and outer brown band, at bottom a green and white pick and pick band with outer brown band. Warp: white wool; wefts: gray, white, browns, tan, green[see Object Description text entry for extended description]
Inventory Description
Rug, reservation scene
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: 97.5 x 78 x 0.3 cm (38 3/8 x 30 11/16 x 1/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
995-29-10/73805
Provenance
Collector
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
Donor
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
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