Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 1985-0005-0005 | |
| Category | Textiles | |
| Object Name | Rug | |
| Culture | Navajo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Arizona, New Mexico | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1910-1930s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Handspun wool warp; Handspun natural, carded, and aniline-dyed wool weft; Aniline dyes (red, dark brown, and orange) | |
| Description | Non-regional rug woven entirely in plain tapestry weave; Design consists of central column of 3½ concentric, serrated diamonds in colors of gray, orange, red, white, and dark brown, flanked on either side by column of red bars with multiple crossbars; Framing the rug around all four edges is an intricate double border made up of numerous parallelograms; Along the sides, these are stacked atop each other and grouped by color, with the inner border alternating white and dark brown, while the outer border alternates orange and red; The side borders have serrated edges; Along the ends, the parallelograms are laid side by side resulting in straight edges, with red, white, orange, and dark brown used in both borders; None of the borders extend all the way to the edges of the rug, leaving a final outer border in carded gray, the same as the overall background color of the design field. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 123.8, Length = 101.0 | |