Loom model, rug and heddle

Museum number:
2-47022a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210247022a@2cb
Accession number:
Acc.2534 and Acc.2535
Description:
a) Model loom with Germantown rug in process; rug: red ground, bands of orange and green zigzag serrates. b) Heddle. Germantown wool yarn, commercial cotton twine warp; wood (frame, implements); tapestry weave.
Donor:
Lewis K. Napton, Mrs. Carolyn H. Loeb, Robert Fleming Heizer, University Appropriation, and various collectors
Collection place:
Eastern Arizona
Verbatim coll. place:
Arizona
Culture or time period:
Navajo
Collector:
Arthur Willard Heavenrich
Collection date:
ca. 1899
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Looms (textile tools)
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
1969
Context of use:
Made for sale.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
b)— width 50.5 centimeters and a)— height 45 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Loom model, rug and heddle, accession number 2-47022a,b, described as a) Model loom with Germantown rug in process; rug: red ground, bands of orange and green zigzag serrates. b) Heddle. Germantown wool yarn, commercial cotton twine warp; wood (frame, implements); tapestry weave.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Loom model, rug and heddle, accession number 2-47022a,b, described as a) Model loom with Germantown rug in process; rug: red ground, bands of orange and green zigzag serrates. b) Heddle. Germantown wool yarn, commercial cotton twine warp; wood (frame, implements); tapestry weave.

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