Catalog Number |
CAS 0325-0003 |
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Category |
Textiles |
Object Name |
Rug |
Culture |
Navajo |
Global Region |
North America |
Country |
USA |
State/Prov./Dist. |
Arizona, New Mexico |
County |
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Other Geographic
Data |
Navajo Indian Reservation |
Maker's Name |
Unknown |
Date of Manufacture |
ca. 1910-1916 |
Collection Name |
N/A |
Materials |
Handspun wool warp; Handspun natural, carded, and aniline-dyed wool weft; Aniline dye (red) |
Description |
Non-regional rug woven entirely in plain tapestry weave; Design consists of large open rectangle outlined in red and black, and divided down the center by another black and red line; Each resulting half of the rectangle contains a column of 4 dark brown whirling log motifs, with the background alternating between white or carded gray; The rectangle, itself, is framed on all four edges by a double border, the inner one being carded gray and the outer border being white; End cords are white and the selvage cords are natural dark brown; Both the end cords and selvage cords are knotted at the corners to form short corner tassels. |
Dimensions (cm) |
Width = 84.5, Length = 163.5 |