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Pictorial/yei bei chi rug
Pictorial/yei bei chi rug
Object Number 995-29-10/73871
Display Title Pictorial/yei bei chi rug
Descriptions
Object Description Pictorial/Yei bei chi rug, very large. Central panel with three main figures. The central figure has a white face, black eyes and red mouth, blue hair with black and white feather, bright blue earrings with red tips; gold body with white necklace with four blue lines ending in red, a black outline around shoulders and outside of arms and down to hips and a red infill between arms and body delineating arms and fingers, and outlining hips below black outline band; gold legs ending in red squares are separated by black infill. The two figures at each side have a gold face with black eyes, a black band for hair, the black and white feather in hair, and blue earrings with red tips; their bodies are white, with red necklace with two blue lines ending in red, the space between ar[see Object Description text entry for extended description]
Inventory Description Rug with human, animal, and geometric designs
Classification
  • Rug
Department Ethnographic
Date c.1930-1960
Culture
  • Navajo
  • Early Modern Period
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Arizona
North America / United States / New Mexico
North America / United States / Utah
North America / United States / Colorado
Additional Geographic Terms Four Corners Area
Materials Wool
Dimensions Overall: 306 x 217 x 0.4 cm (120 1/2 x 85 7/16 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 995-29-10/73871
Provenance
Collector Dr. William R. Wright (1995)
Donor Dr. William R. Wright (1995)

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