Rug

Museum number:
9-22194
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Alternate number:
A-65b (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.4737
Description:
woven looped-pile, wool rug or sleeping blanket. natural wool woven in narrow panels. 4 panels are stitched together to form the whole piece. random cross stripes and lozenges of orange, lavender and pale green woven into each panel. warp threads of two outer panels are brown and white. mixed yarn.
Donor:
Estate of G. Eleanore Murray, Estate of Theos C. Bernard, and Theos C. Bernard
Collection place:
Tibet
Verbatim coll. place:
Tibet
Culture or time period:
Tibetan
Collector:
Theos C. Bernard
Materials:
Wool (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Rugs (textiles)
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
March 12, 2004
Context of use:
household - rug or sleeping blanket
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
length 167 centimeters and width 105 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Rug, accession number 9-22194, described as woven looped-pile, wool rug or sleeping blanket. natural wool woven in narrow panels. 4 panels are stitched together to form the whole piece. random cross stripes and lozenges of orange, lavender and pale green woven into each panel. warp threads of two outer panels are brown and white. mixed yarn.

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