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Object Number
995-29-10/73827
Display Title
Pictorial rug, Masonic emblem
Descriptions
Object Description
Pictorial rug, tan background with Masonic emblem of red compass with purple and white top, and a white square with black markers, enclosing a gray space with purple symbol of pointed G turned 90 degrees. Border: light yellow-green band on all four edges. Warp: beige (age-yellowed?) cotton; wefts: tan, red, gray, green, white, purple and black commercially processed Germantown yarn. Selvages: weft wrapped around outer warp at sides, 4-ply gray cord and lime green cord added in at bottom; warps tied in groups of four across bottom to form 12 cm fringe.
Warp direction 44 cm plus 12 cm fringe on bottom only, x weft direction 41.5 x depth .2 cm; remnants of tassel at one corner only.
Damage: Bottom selvage broken at one corner, yarn damage, stitches missing in various places: possibly old moth damage, no signs of active infestation.
Inventory Description
Rug, wall hanging, woven yarn, multi- colored Masonic logo, bottom edge fringe
Classification
- Rug
Department
Ethnographic
Date
c.20th century
Culture
- Modern
- Navajo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
New Mexico
North America / United States / Arizona
North America / United States / Arizona
Dimensions
Overall: 56 x 41.5 x 0.2 cm (22 1/16 x 16 5/16 x 1/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
995-29-10/73827
Provenance
Collector
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
Donor
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
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