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Object Number
995-29-10/73835
Display Title
Standard design rug with Ganado colors
Descriptions
Object Description
Standard design rug with Ganado colors."Eyedazzler" pattern with two serrated diamonds and two serrated half diamonds up center of rug, and three serrated half diamonds up each side, all formed of concentric stacked lozenges in red, gray, black, red, white and brown. Border bands of gray, red, and black at top and bottom. Warp: white natural handspun wool; weft: white natural handspun wool, black natural handspun wool, augmented, gray - natural handspun black and white wool carded together, red and brown natural handspun wool, aniline dyed. Selvages: 2-ply black cords added in all four edges.
Warp direction 164.5 x weft direction 86.5 x depth .4 cm, plus 5.5-7 cm tassels each corner.
Paper tag, written in pencil: "A/ R19 Ganado, eyedazzler type 34 x 64"
Small paper tag, written in ink: "R19"
Inventory Description
Rug, red, black, white geometric design
Classification
- Rug
Department
Ethnographic
Date
c.1975-1990
Culture
- Navajo
- Modern
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Arizona
Materials
Wool
Dimensions
Overall: 164.5 x 86.5 x 0.4 cm (64 3/4 x 34 1/16 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
995-29-10/73835
Provenance
Collector
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
Donor
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
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