Rug

Museum number:
3-17565
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2028
Description:
Wool rug. Brown with white border; blue, red, brown, and white geometric designs including swastika and backwards S. 203 cm by 150 cm without fringe. Wool, handspun. Weft-faced plain weave. Looped and twisted fringes. Chiconcuac, attributed by Alejandro de Avila Blomberg, Sept. 1984.
Donor:
James P. Heath and Ruth Mary Heath
Collection place:
Mexico City, Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
Mexico; Purchased in Mexico City
Production place:
Chiconcuac de Juárez, State of Mexico, Mexico
Culture or time period:
Mexican
Collector:
James P. Heath and Ruth Mary Heath
Collection date:
ca. 1937
Materials:
Wool (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Rugs (textiles)
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
1965
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
length 152 centimeters and width 210 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Rug, accession number 3-17565, described as Wool rug. Brown with white border; blue, red, brown, and white geometric designs including swastika and backwards S. 203 cm by 150 cm without fringe. Wool, handspun. Weft-faced plain weave. Looped and twisted fringes. Chiconcuac, attributed by Alejandro de Avila Blomberg, Sept. 1984.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Rug, accession number 3-17565, described as Wool rug. Brown with white border; blue, red, brown, and white geometric designs including swastika and backwards S. 203 cm by 150 cm without fringe. Wool, handspun. Weft-faced plain weave. Looped and twisted fringes. Chiconcuac, attributed by Alejandro de Avila Blomberg, Sept. 1984.

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