Rug

Museum number:
2-56081
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Accession number:
Acc.2997
Description:
Tapestry weave handspun wool with cotton warps; red ground with central serrate outlined complex diamond in red, brown and white; above and below diamond are white and brown triangles with yellow outlined on one side; to sides of diamond are brown and white triangles; 4 complex toothed diamonds in white, brown and red in corners; worn condition. Tapestry weave handspun wool weft, cotton warp; use of "lazy lines" technically interesting.
Donor:
Mrs. Walter B. Archibald and Walter B. Archibald
Collection place:
Southwestern United States
Verbatim coll. place:
Southwest
Culture or time period:
Navajo
Collector:
Walter B. Archibald
Collection date:
ca. 1935
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Rugs (textiles)
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
1973
Context of use:
Rug or possibly shawl.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 99 centimeters and length 1.34 centimeters
Comment:
Conservation: dry-cleaned.
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Rug, accession number 2-56081, described as Tapestry weave handspun wool with cotton warps; red ground with central serrate outlined complex diamond in red, brown and white; above and below diamond are white and brown triangles with yellow outlined on one side; to sides of diamond are brown and white triangles; 4 complex toothed diamonds in white, brown and red in corners; worn condition. Tapestry weave handspun wool weft, cotton warp; use of "lazy lines" technically interesting.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Rug, accession number 2-56081, described as Tapestry weave handspun wool with cotton warps; red ground with central serrate outlined complex diamond in red, brown and white; above and below diamond are white and brown triangles with yellow outlined on one side; to sides of diamond are brown and white triangles; 4 complex toothed diamonds in white, brown and red in corners; worn condition. Tapestry weave handspun wool weft, cotton warp; use of "lazy lines" technically interesting.

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