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Nine-in-one sampler
Date:	1982
Artist:	Nellie Roan, c. 1930 - c. 1989
Size:	54" x 36"
Count:	58 wefts/inch

“Nellie Roan was a venerable weaver from a prominent Wide Ruins family who has used vegetal dyes for several generations. Her sampler rug harks back to the days before ‘Santa Fe style’ pastels became popular and pushed avocado green and harvest gold from the scene.” —Ann Hedlund