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Object Number
995-29-10/73767
Display Title
Pictorial/yei round rug or hanging
Descriptions
Object Description
Pictorial/Yei round rug or hanging. Gray background with heads, arms and torsos of four yei figures joined at center to form a cross, the figures white with heads and features in black outline. Yarns are commercail (Ann Hedlund). Border: black band around outside edge. Warp: white wool, weft: black, white, gray (black and white carded together) wool. Selvage: white cords added in all around. Diameter: 28.5-29 cm x depth: .3cm.
Inventory Description
Rug, woven wool, small, round, white and grey design, 4 geometric human figures
Classification
- Rug
Department
Ethnographic
Date
c.1975-1990
Culture
- Navajo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
New Mexico
North America / United States / Arizona
North America / United States / Arizona
Materials
Wool
Dimensions
Overall: 28.8 x 28 x 0.3 cm (11 5/16 x 11 x 1/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
995-29-10/73767
Provenance
Collector
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
Donor
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
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