Rug

Museum number:
2-64965
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3561
Description:
Single-ply handspun woolen yarn, dyed. Red aniline dye background, purple, yellow, green, black, red pattern; complex serrated diamond pattern with 2 rows of serrated diamonds and half diamonds at edges. Handspun wool woven in tapestry technique.
Donor:
Cecil Lathrap
Collection place:
Southwestern United States
Verbatim coll. place:
Navajo
Culture or time period:
Navajo
Collector:
Donald Ward Lathrap
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Rugs (textiles)
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Production date:
Late 1800 - 1899
Accession date:
September 9, 1980
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 182.5 centimeters and width 128 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Rug, accession number 2-64965, described as Single-ply handspun woolen yarn, dyed. Red aniline dye background, purple, yellow, green, black, red pattern; complex serrated diamond pattern with 2 rows of serrated diamonds and half diamonds at edges. Handspun wool woven in tapestry technique.

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