| Catalog Number |
CAS 2007-0001-0030 |
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| 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 |
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| Other Geographic
Data |
Navajo Indian Reservation area (Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire) |
| Maker's Name |
Anthony L. Shuffrey |
| Date of Manufacture |
1984 |
| Collection Name |
N/A |
| Materials |
Warp, weft, and twining and selvage: English handspun wool yarns (handspun by Vera Langley, friend of Margaret and Tony Shuffrey) |
| Description |
Finely woven Two Grey Hills Navajo-style rug, woven in tapestry weave, with a complex design including two series of concentric terraced diamonds in colors of white, and light, medium, and dark brown, all on a medium gray background; Central designs are flanked on either side by geometric units in light and medium brown and edged along inside by band of very small white terraced triangles; White “spirit line” is located in upper right corner; Rug is framed along all four edges by four borders of varying widths; Two very narrow straight-edged borders in dark and medium brown are innermost, followed by a wider white border that carries a band of small paired terraced triangles in medium brown; Outermost border is plain dark brown; Twining and selvage cords are woven in contrasting light brown yarns. |
| Dimensions (cm) |
Width = 36.5, Length = 52.6 |