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Catalog Number

CAS 2007-0001-0016   CAS 2007-0001-0016; 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 1982
Collection Name N/A
Materials Warp: English commercial belting wool yarn; Weft and twining and selvage cords: English commercial 2-ply wool yarn (light brown hand-dyed with coffee); Aniline and vegetal dyes
Description Piñon Navajo-style rug, woven entirely in tapestry weave; Central design consists of paired and joined concentric terraced diamonds in colors of white, gray, yellow-green, and light brown, all on a medium gray background; Rug is framed on all four sides by a wide yellow-green border that is embellished with a continuous row of black and white “H’ shapes that are lying on their sides; Twining and selvage cords are woven of matching yellow-green wool rug yarns; This rug design is copied (at reduced scale) from a rug four times this size that was woven in area of Piñon, AZ and which belonged to a friend of Margaret and Tony Shuffrey.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 101.7, Length = 151.2