Rug

Museum number:
2-40745
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Accession number:
Acc.4231
Description:
Tapestry woven wool; red ground with serrated indigo and white diamonds (2 center rows and half diamonds at edges); in between are white ground diamonds with serrated red center figure and vegetable dyed (?) yellow serrated edges; three paired small white/yellow diamonds at one edge; extremely fine single ply handspun wool on wool warp; yellow and red yarn corner tassels. Aniline.
Donor:
Mrs. George Bangle
Collection place:
Ouray, Uintah County, Utah
Verbatim coll. place:
Utah; Uintah; Ouray
Culture or time period:
Navajo
Collector:
Ernie Colorow and Mrs. McAndrews
Collection date:
1897
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Rugs (textiles)
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Context of use:
Rug made for sale to White Americans.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 112 centimeters and length 141 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Rug, accession number 2-40745, described as Tapestry woven wool; red ground with serrated indigo and white diamonds (2 center rows and half diamonds at edges); in between are white ground diamonds with serrated red center figure and vegetable dyed (?) yellow serrated edges; three paired small white/yellow diamonds at one edge; extremely fine single ply handspun wool on wool warp; yellow and red yarn corner tassels. Aniline.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Rug, accession number 2-40745, described as Tapestry woven wool; red ground with serrated indigo and white diamonds (2 center rows and half diamonds at edges); in between are white ground diamonds with serrated red center figure and vegetable dyed (?) yellow serrated edges; three paired small white/yellow diamonds at one edge; extremely fine single ply handspun wool on wool warp; yellow and red yarn corner tassels. Aniline.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Rug, accession number 2-40745, described as Tapestry woven wool; red ground with serrated indigo and white diamonds (2 center rows and half diamonds at edges); in between are white ground diamonds with serrated red center figure and vegetable dyed (?) yellow serrated edges; three paired small white/yellow diamonds at one edge; extremely fine single ply handspun wool on wool warp; yellow and red yarn corner tassels. Aniline.

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