Rug

Museum number:
9-22169
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Alternate number:
A-65a (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.4737
Description:
woven, looped-nap, wool rug or sleeping blanket. natural wool, woven in narrow panels. 3 panels are stitched together to form the whole piece. random cross stripes and lozenges of orange, lavender and pale green woven into each panel.
Donor:
Estate of G. Eleanore Murray, Estate of Theos C. Bernard, and Theos C. Bernard
Collection place:
Tibet
Verbatim coll. place:
Tibet
Culture or time period:
Tibetan
Collector:
Theos C. Bernard
Materials:
Wool (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Rugs (textiles)
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
March 12, 2004
Context of use:
household - rug or sleeping blanket
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
length 176 centimeters, pile— depth 1.5 centimeters, and width 79 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Rug, accession number 9-22169, described as woven, looped-nap, wool rug or sleeping blanket. natural wool, woven in narrow panels. 3 panels are stitched together to form the whole piece. random cross stripes and lozenges of orange, lavender and pale green woven into each panel.

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