Rug

Museum number:
2-40747
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Accession number:
Acc.4231
Description:
Tapestry woven wool; adaptation of Third Phase "Chief Blanket;" four areas of large alternating brown and white bars within serrated diamond; balance is purpleish diamonds and half diamonds on red ground. Thick tightly-woven handspun wool weft on wool warp; dark brown is carded natural yarns.
Donor:
Mrs. George Bangle
Collection place:
Southwestern United States
Verbatim coll. place:
Southwest
Culture or time period:
Navajo
Collector:
Mrs. George Bangle
Collection date:
early 1900 - 1999
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Rugs (textiles)
Function:
1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Context of use:
Made for sale to White Americans.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 120 centimeters and width 187 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Rug, accession number 2-40747, described as Tapestry woven wool; adaptation of Third Phase "Chief Blanket;" four areas of large alternating brown and white bars within serrated diamond; balance is purpleish diamonds and half diamonds on red ground. Thick tightly-woven handspun wool weft on wool warp; dark brown is carded natural yarns.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Rug, accession number 2-40747, described as Tapestry woven wool; adaptation of Third Phase "Chief Blanket;" four areas of large alternating brown and white bars within serrated diamond; balance is purpleish diamonds and half diamonds on red ground. Thick tightly-woven handspun wool weft on wool warp; dark brown is carded natural yarns.

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