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Catalog Number CAS 2007-0001-0009   CAS 2007-0001-0009; Rug
Category Textiles
Object Name Rug
Culture Navajo and English
Global Region North America (Europe)
Country USA (England / Great Britain)
State/Prov./Dist. Arizona (England)
County
Other Geographic Data Navajo Indian Reservation area (Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire)
Maker's Name Margaret Shuffrey
Date of Manufacture 1989
Collection Name N/A
Materials Warp: commercially cleaned and spun wool yarn, as used by Navajo weavers; Weft: Brown’s commercially cleaned, spun, and dyed wool yarn as used by Navajo weavers; Twining and selvage cords: English commercial wool rug yarns
Description Burntwater Navajo-style rug, woven entirely in tapestry weave; Central design consists of a single series of concentric terraced diamonds in colors of medium and deep gold, white, dark brown, olive green, rose-tinged brown, and pale gray-green, all on medium gold background; Design field is framed on all four sides by double straightened edged borders in deep gold and white, and then by dark brown border of contiguous terraced triangles and plain deep gold outermost border; Twining and selvage cords are woven in contrasting medium brown wool yarns; This rug design is probably based, in part, on a rug by Maggie Price published in Arizona Highways magazine (July 1974, p. 15, #WE-21).
Dimensions (cm) Width = 72.5, Length = 110.2