| Catalog Number |
CAS 2007-0001-0032 |
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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 |
1982 |
| Collection Name |
N/A |
| Materials |
Warp: commercial Egyptian cotton yarn; Weft: commercial English Cheviot wool yarn; Twining and selvage: commercial English wool rug yarn |
| Description |
Extremely finely woven Two Grey Hills Navajo-style rug, woven in tapestry weave, with central design of single series of concentric terraced diamonds in medium and light brown, outlined in black, all on light gray background; Central design is surrounded by filler motifs in the form of depictions of the “Mitten†formations in Monument Valley; The central gray panel is framed along the top and bottom edges by a very narrow straight-edged white line, and the entire rug is framed by a pictorial border of additional representations of the “Mittensâ€, woven in medium brown and outlined in white, all on a black background; White “spirit line†is located in upper right corner; NOTE: This rug was designed by Tony Shuffrey after seeing a rug at Hogback Trading Post with a border that reminded him of the Monument Valley “Mittensâ€; That particular rug was replicated as CAS 2007-0001-0033. |
| Dimensions (cm) |
Width = 37.8, Length = 55.7 |