Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 2007-0001-0016 | |
| 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 | |