| Catalog Number |
CAS 2013-0003-0024 |
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| Category |
Textiles |
| Object Name |
Rug |
| Culture |
Navajo |
| Global Region |
North America |
| Country |
USA |
| State/Prov./Dist. |
Arizona |
| County |
Apache |
| Other Geographic
Data |
Navajo Indian Reservation; Community: Chambers |
| Maker's Name |
Marjorie Spencer |
| Date of Manufacture |
1982 |
| Collection Name |
N/A |
| Materials |
Warp: Single ply handspun natural wool; Weft: Single ply handspun natural, carded, and dyed wool; Vegetal dyes |
| Description |
Rectangular Wide Ruins style rug woven entirely in plain weft-faced tapestry technique with non-interlocking joins; Borderless banded design consists of four horizontal bands showing row of contiguous small serrated and concentric diamonds in at least 5 vegetal colors on a dark brown background, flanked above and below by parallel zigzag bands of small stacked triangles on a dark olive green; Alternating with the primary design bands are 5 equally complex bands comprised of narrow bands woven in the beading technique, using at least 6 different vegetal colors; Triple selvage cords are three different vegetal colors and end cords are dark olive green. |
| Dimensions (cm) |
Width = 76.2, Length = 119.6 |