Rug (Wide Ruins style)

Native American, Diné (Navajo) people, Southwestern Region

About 1918

Titles Rug (Wide Ruins style) (Descriptive)
Medium sheep's wool with aniline and vegetal dyes
Dimensions 55 x 36 in. (139.7 x 91.4 cm)
Credit Line Gift of Coleman Cooper, Palm Beach, Florida, 1985.126
Work Type rug
Classification Rugs

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