85_49_9.jpg
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85_49_9.jpg
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Dates: 1979
Size: 171 x 111.5 cm; 11 warps(comma) 40 wefts
Description: The Storm Pattern is a popular design first seen in Old Crystal rugs found in J.B Moore's 1911 catalog(comma) but can now be found in any regional style. The main pattern consists of a central rectangle connected by zig zag lines to smaller corner rectangles. The zigzags represent lightning(comma) while the four corner rectangles are the four sacred Navajo mountains or four directions. Woven by Rose Keith using the raised-outline technique that incorporates alternating two colors in the weft(comma) this storm pattern won the blue ribbon at the 1979 New Mexico State Fair.
Size: 171 x 111.5 cm; 11 warps(comma) 40 wefts
Description: The Storm Pattern is a popular design first seen in Old Crystal rugs found in J.B Moore's 1911 catalog(comma) but can now be found in any regional style. The main pattern consists of a central rectangle connected by zig zag lines to smaller corner rectangles. The zigzags represent lightning(comma) while the four corner rectangles are the four sacred Navajo mountains or four directions. Woven by Rose Keith using the raised-outline technique that incorporates alternating two colors in the weft(comma) this storm pattern won the blue ribbon at the 1979 New Mexico State Fair.
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“85_49_9.jpg,” LibMesa, accessed December 22, 2024, https://libmesa.unm.edu/items/show/476.
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