Rug

Museum number:
3-23405
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Alternate number:
2-18890 (previous museum number (recataloged from))
Accession number:
Acc.838
Description:
Wool rug. Heavily fringed; two loom widths; blue ground with white and blue stripes. “CHAL MOOL” in white letters with a reclining figure above in the center of the rug. Handspun wool; weft-faced plain weave; some double warp threads.
Donor:
Grace Blair DePue
Collection place:
Chiconcuac de Juárez, State of Mexico, Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
Mexico; State of Mexico; Chiconcuac attr.
Culture or time period:
Mexican
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
before 1945
Materials:
Wool (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Rugs (textiles)
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
February 19, 1945
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
width 225 centimeters and length 145 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Rug, accession number 3-23405, described as Wool rug. Heavily fringed; two loom widths; blue ground with white and blue stripes. “CHAL MOOL” in white letters with a reclining figure above in the center of the rug. Handspun wool; weft-faced plain weave; some double warp threads.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Rug, accession number 3-23405, described as Wool rug. Heavily fringed; two loom widths; blue ground with white and blue stripes. “CHAL MOOL” in white letters with a reclining figure above in the center of the rug. Handspun wool; weft-faced plain weave; some double warp threads.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Rug, accession number 3-23405, described as Wool rug. Heavily fringed; two loom widths; blue ground with white and blue stripes. “CHAL MOOL” in white letters with a reclining figure above in the center of the rug. Handspun wool; weft-faced plain weave; some double warp threads.

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