Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 2007-0001-0017 | |
| 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 wool belting yarn; Weft and twining and selvage cords: English commercial 2-ply wool rug yarn; Aniline dyes | |
| Description | Teec Nos Pos Navajo-style rug, woven entirely in tapestry weave; Center design field contains pair of serrated diamonds, each enclosing a straight edged diamond in red and light brown and several other gold-colored elements, all on beige background and framed with narrow terraced double border in red and blue-green; Rug has extremely wide dark brown border on all four sides, embellished with bold “H’ motifs in deep gold outlined in white; Spirit lines are located in upper right corner of design field and in upper right corner of border; Twining and selvage cords are woven of matching dark brown wool yarn; This rug design is copied from a rug published in Plate 8 of Posts and Rugs by H. L. James (1976, Globe, AZ: Southwest Parks and Monuments Assoc., p. 45), and in Plate 8 of a later revised version, renamed Rugs and Posts by H. L. James (1988, West Chester, PA: Schiffer Publishing Co., p. 42); The center design was changed from the original rug to another Teec Nos Pos design, also published in Posts and Rugs (p. 46). | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 107.0, Length = 150.2 | |