Rug

Museum number:
2-39742
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Accession number:
Acc.2088
Description:
Wool; red analine dyed ground; 4 horizontal bands, ea. half black (probably dyed) and half natural grey-brown; 3 pairs of natural grey-brown diamonds outlined in black (probably dyed).
Donor:
Spencer W. Brown
Collection place:
Navajo Reservation, Southwestern United States
Verbatim coll. place:
Navajo
Culture or time period:
Navajo
Collector:
J. Maughs Brown
Collection date:
ca. 1910
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Rugs (textiles)
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
1966
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 90 inches and width 52 inches
Loans:
S1974-1975 #48: Lawrence Hall of Science (January 17, 1975–October 9, 1975) and S1990-1991 #22: Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology /Noel Justice (January 1991–May 6, 1992)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Rug, accession number 2-39742, described as Wool; red analine dyed ground; 4 horizontal bands, ea. half black (probably dyed) and half natural grey-brown; 3 pairs of natural grey-brown diamonds outlined in black (probably dyed).Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Rug, accession number 2-39742, described as Wool; red analine dyed ground; 4 horizontal bands, ea. half black (probably dyed) and half natural grey-brown; 3 pairs of natural grey-brown diamonds outlined in black (probably dyed).

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