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Rio Grande
Rio Grande
Rio Grande

Rio Grande

Date1890-1910
MediumWool (animal fiber)
Dimensions84 × 47 3/4 in. (213.4 × 121.3 cm)
ClassificationsTextile, Fiber Arts, & Beadwork
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, museum purchase, 1995 General Obligation Bonds
Terms
    Object numberPC1998.19.41
    DescriptionSaltillo style Rio Grande with central serrate diamond flanked by hourglass and diamond shapes, zigzag side borders & striped end borders. Collected by Ward Alan Minge in the early 1960s; attributed to the Montoya Family of El Valle, New Mexico, by Irvin Trujillo.

    Style: El Valle, tapestry, two-piece
    Warps: Commercial 4-ply, S-ply, Z-spun gold cotton
    Wefts: Natural 1-ply, Z-spun beige churro cross wool
    Synthetic 1-ply, Z-spun green, yellow, pink, light and dark red, churro cross
    Seam: Commercial multiple-ply beige cotton
    Sides: Two sets of paired warps, both sides
    Ends: Fringed, knotted in groups of 4, singed
    7 warps per inch
    24 wefts per inch
    23 1/2" widths
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