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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
/
Utah
North America / United States / Colorado
North America / United States / New Mexico
North America / United States / Arizona
North America / United States / Colorado
North America / United States / New Mexico
North America / United States / Arizona
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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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 995-29-10/73829 | Pictorial yei rug |
Rug
|
Colorado
Utah New Mexico Arizona | |
| 995-29-10/73882 | Pictorial /yei rug |
Rug
|
Arizona
New Mexico | |
| 995-29-10/73811 | Pictorial rug with six stylized yei figures |
Rug
|
Utah
Colorado Arizona New Mexico | |
| 995-29-10/73819 | Pictorial/Yei rug, seven Yei figures with a guardian rainbow figure |
Rug
|
Utah
Colorado New Mexico Arizona | |
| 995-29-10/73802 | Pictorial rug, two yei bi chai rug figures in profile |
Rug
|
New Mexico
Arizona | |
| 995-29-10/73813 | Pictorial rug, stylized Yei-deer |
Rug
|
New Mexico
Arizona | |
| 995-29-10/73810 | Pictorial rug, two-faced, with three yei figures one side, stripes on other |
Rug
|
Arizona
New Mexico | |
| 2004.24.34152 | Pictoral rug, two groups of yei bi chai figures, other figures, landscape |
Arizona?
New Mexico? | ||
| 995-29-10/73804 | Pictorial rug, two groups of yei bi chi figures, other figures, landscape |
Rug
|
New Mexico
Arizona | |
| 995-29-20/27340 | Seated male figure with bony spine and arms crossed over knees |
Figurine
|
Nayarit
Jalisco | |
| 995-29-10/73807 | Pictorial rug with four yei figures |
Rug
|
Colorado
Utah New Mexico Arizona | |
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| 995-29-10/73893 | Early Crystal rug. [see J.B.Moore 1911 catalog] |
Rug
|
Arizona?
New Mexico? |