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Catalog Number

CAS 0425-0280   CAS 0425-0280; Rug on loom (replica)
Category Textiles
Object Name Rug on loom (replica)
Culture Navajo (replica)
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Arizona, New Mexico
County
Other Geographic Data unknown
Maker's Name Bruce Belknap
Date of Manufacture 1978
Collection Name N/A
Materials Wood; Handspun wool warp; Handspun natural and aniline dyed wool weft; Aniline dyes (red and black); Cotton string
Description Partially completed (approx. 60%) rug on loom, woven entirely of hand spun wool yarn warps and hand spun natural and aniline dyed wool yarn wefts; Rug design is of a modified 3rd phase chief blanket in colors of white, black, red, and beige, and is copied after a saddle blanket (catalog # 71-9-1) in the collection of the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology at the University of New Mexico.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 106.0, Length = 100.5