Loom and textile fragment

Museum number:
2-17184a,b
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.811
Description:
a) Small loom with partly completed textile; maroon ground with green, white and black crosses. b) Loom comb; wood; 5 tines on one end, one end pointed.
Donor:
Sarah Levy and Sophia Hazel Levy McDonald
Collection place:
Southwestern United States
Verbatim coll. place:
Southwest
Culture or time period:
Navajo
Collector:
Sarah Levy
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Looms (textile tools)
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
1942
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
a)— width 42.5 centimeters and b)— length 25.3 centimeters
Loans:
S1965-1966 #93: Frederic Burke School (SF State University) (June 27, 1966–August 5, 1966) and S1975-1976 #12: Civic Arts Center (Walnut Creek) (September 8, 1975–November 14, 1975)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Loom and textile fragment, accession number 2-17184a,b, described as a) Small loom with partly completed textile; maroon ground with green, white and black crosses. b) Loom comb; wood; 5 tines on one end, one end pointed.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Loom and textile fragment, accession number 2-17184a,b, described as a) Small loom with partly completed textile; maroon ground with green, white and black crosses. b) Loom comb; wood; 5 tines on one end, one end pointed.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Loom and textile fragment, accession number 2-17184a,b, described as a) Small loom with partly completed textile; maroon ground with green, white and black crosses. b) Loom comb; wood; 5 tines on one end, one end pointed.

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