Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 2018-0006-0006 | |
| Category | Textiles | |
| Object Name | Rug | |
| Culture | Navajo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Arizona | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Navajo Indian Reservation | |
| Maker's Name | ||
| Date of Manufacture | late 1950s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Handspun natural dyed wool | |
| Description | Small Crystal-style Navajo rug woven entirely in plain tapestry weave in a banded, borderless pattern that consists of three vertical decorated bands separated by three plain bands; Plain band trios consist of pair of thin blue lines outlining beige, with wide beige bands surrounding the thin blue lines; Decorated bands contain rows of paired parallelograms surrounding a diamond shape (four parallelograms for each diamond shape), with a blue stylized “squash blossom” in the center; This motif is repeated three times in each band, separated by additional beige “squash blossoms” designs, all on a light brown background. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 72.6, Thickness = 0.3, Length = 114.0 | |