Rug

Rug

Wide ruins, warp and weft with wool and mohair, colors are gold, cream, light red, black and olive green, design is horizontal series of bands, 5 bands have a geometric diamond pattern, 4 are stripped with no design, no fringe, whip stitched on edges, tied off on all corners. There is a tag on corner, on one side it says 800.oo the other says Gloria Welson. Vegetal dye, wool mixed with mohair, wide ruins, yellow from oak leaves, green from sage brush, red from cedar root.
  • Object: Rug
  • Artist: Gloria Nelson
  • Circa: -
  • Dimensions: 38 x 58"
  • Culture Area: Southwest
  • Cultural Group: Navajo
  • Cultural Context: -
  • Donor: Betty B. Goshay
  • Catalog #: 97.271