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Object Number
995-29-10/73806
Display Title
Pictorial/sand painting figures rug
Descriptions
Object Description
Pictorial/sand painting figures rug. Tan background with four moon-face figures. Lower half of each face half beige and half blue-gray, with extensions at sides as "ears"; upper half of face white with dark gray-blue lines for eyes and brown hair; Whole face is outlined in dark blue-gray. Above and below each face is an attached lavender rectangle and broad white and salmon bands. Across center of rug, dividing the upper from lower pair of faces, a geometric figure of two beige rectangles stepped at inner side and with white comb forms at outer edge, outlined and embellished in dark gray-blue, and joined to gray-blue square at the center of rug; four short bars of salmon and white stripes separate each pair of faces. All four faces are oriented with top of head towards[see Object Description text entry for extended description]
Inventory Description
Rug, brwon, white, yellow, and green stripes and geometric design
Classification
- Rug
Department
Ethnographic
Date
c.1975-1990
Culture
- Modern
- 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: 149 x 90 x 0.4 cm (58 11/16 x 35 7/16 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
995-29-10/73806
Provenance
Collector
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
Donor
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
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