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Pictorial rug, eagle and two American flags
Pictorial rug, eagle and two American flags
Object Number 995-29-10/73803
Display Title Pictorial rug, eagle and two American flags
Descriptions
Object Description Pictorial rug, gray background with black eagle in center of space, with white head in profile, black eye, wings outspread, and white tips to tail feathers, and with a gold cross beside each wing; below two American flags (18 stars and 10 stripes) on brown flag staffs, crossed. Gold meander line accenting white border surrounds these figures, and narrow black border around all four edges. Embroidered in blue yarn above the eagle "Mid Night Water" (with an "e" in mid and night both dotted); above that something else, numbers or figures, embroidered very lightly. Accent marks embroidered in gold at top of each cross. Looped fringe sewn on all around edges in 7-8 cm units of red, then white, then blue. Warp: white natural handspun wool; wefts: white natural handspun wool,[see Object Description text entry for extended description]
Inventory Description Rug, pictorial of eagle holdings 2 flags, with red, white and blue loop fringe
Classification
  • Rug
Department Ethnographic
Date c.1975-1990
Culture
  • Navajo
  • Modern
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / New Mexico
North America / United States / Arizona
Materials Wool
Dimensions Overall: 68 x 68 x 0.4 cm (26 3/4 x 26 3/4 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 995-29-10/73803
Provenance
Collector Dr. William R. Wright (1995)
Donor Dr. William R. Wright (1995)

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