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Catalog Number

CAS 2007-0001-0014   CAS 2007-0001-0014; 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 Anthony L. Shuffrey
Date of Manufacture 1996
Collection Name N/A
Materials Warp: commercially cleaned and spun wool yarn, as used by Navajo weavers; Weft and twining and selvage cords: commercially cleaned, spun, and dyed wool yarn as used by Navajo weavers
Description Eye-dazzler Navajo-style rug, woven entirely in tapestry weave; All-over design is an interconnected network of concentric serrated diamonds in colors of white, black, gold, maroon, deep green and red, with red being predominant; Twining and selvage cords are woven of contrasting deep red wool yarns; This rug design is copied and simplified from an historic blanket in the collection of the Museum of Northern Arizona (catalog # E2950).
Dimensions (cm) Width = 95.0, Length = 132.3