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Object Number
995-29-10/73804
Display Title
Pictorial rug, two groups of yei bi chi figures, other figures, landscape
Descriptions
Object Description
Pictorial/Yei bi chi scene rug by Eli van Winkle. Gray background with six yei bi chai figures in profile, with lavender-blue faces, black eyes and dark tan nose-mouth, white hair with two black-tipped dark tan feathers on the head, green neck bands, white torsos with turquoise necklace line and pendant, gray outline arms holding a white and a green object. All are wearing dark tan kilts with belts of four white diamond conchas with turquoise centers, with a serrated half tan-half rust triangle, and with a tan stripe and white stripe with black and white tip extending from back of kilt; white legs, brown boots with white soles. These face a frontal figure, white face, four blacked tipped white feathers on head, green neck band, white and rust torso, one arm holding a gree[see Object Description text entry for extended description]
Inventory Description
Rug, pictorial
Classification
- Rug
Department
Ethnographic
Date
c.1975-1990
Artist
Eli van Winkle
Culture
- Navajo
- Modern
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
New Mexico
North America / United States / Arizona
North America / United States / Arizona
Materials
Acrylic, Wool
Dimensions
Overall: 98 x 72.5 x 0.4 cm (38 9/16 x 28 9/16 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
995-29-10/73804
Provenance
Collector
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
Donor
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
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