Rug

Museum number:
2-69192
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Accession number:
Acc.4268
Description:
Wool in tapestry weave; white field with 2 brown-outlined center diamonds, each with single right-angle cross in red (4 more such crosses in field); row of red sidewise chevrons in red at top and bottom; carded greige outer border, brown inner border; worn and torn in several areas. Single ply handspun wool yarn, dyes, wool warp.
Donor:
William Meredith
Collection place:
Southwestern United States
Verbatim coll. place:
Navajo
Culture or time period:
Navajo
Collector:
Judge Horner
Collection date:
1920-1929
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Rugs (textiles)
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Production date:
ca. 1920-1929
Context of use:
Floor rug made for sale to non-Indians.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 1 meters and length 1.6 meters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Rug, accession number 2-69192, described as Wool in tapestry weave; white field with 2 brown-outlined center diamonds, each with single right-angle cross in red (4 more such crosses in field); row of red sidewise chevrons in red at top and bottom; carded greige outer border, brown inner border; worn and torn in several areas. Single ply handspun wool yarn, dyes, wool warp.

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