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Object Number
995-29-10/73808
Display Title
Pictorial rug, sun and moon sandpainting figures
Descriptions
Object Description
Pictorial rug, sun and moon sandpainting figures. Black field with two central figures: one a light blue circle with black triangles as eyes, a black rectangle as mouth, and radiating from the top seven white stripes with black between capped with horizontal bar of blue-gray and red rectangles outlined in white; radiating from the left side seven tan stripes with black between capped with similar bar; radiating from the left side seven stripes of gray with black between and capped by similar bar; and radiating from bottom seven gold and six white stripes with capping band. The second figure below the blue circle is a white circle with black triangle eyes and rectangle mouth, and same pattern of radiating forms in the same colors as the first. On each side there is a serie[see Object Description text entry for extended description]
Inventory Description
Rug, yellow border, black with blue and white yei faces
Classification
- Rug
Department
Ethnographic
Date
c.1975-1990
Culture
- Navajo
- Modern
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Arizona
North America / United States / New Mexico
North America / United States / New Mexico
Materials
Wool
Dimensions
Overall: 121 x 91 x 0.3 cm (47 5/8 x 35 13/16 x 1/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
995-29-10/73808
Credit Line
Bequest of William R. Wright, 1995.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 995-29-10/73806 | Pictorial/sand painting figures rug |
Rug
|
New Mexico
Arizona | |
| 995-29-10/73882 | Pictorial /yei rug |
Rug
|
Arizona
New Mexico | |
| 995-29-10/73819 | Pictorial/Yei rug, seven Yei figures with a guardian rainbow figure |
Rug
|
Colorado
Utah New Mexico Arizona | |
| 995-29-10/73813 | Pictorial rug, stylized Yei-deer |
Rug
|
Arizona
New Mexico | |
| 995-29-10/73798 | Outline style rug |
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 | |
| 995-29-10/73935 | Banded blanket |
Textile
|
Arizona
| |
| 995-29-10/73789 | Chinle rug. Bands with stepped triangles, and "tuning-fork"motif |
Rug
|
New Mexico
Arizona | |
| 995-29-10/73829 | Pictorial yei rug |
Rug
|
Colorado
Utah New Mexico Arizona | |
| 995-29-10/73804 | Pictorial rug, two groups of yei bi chi figures, other figures, landscape |
Rug
|
Arizona
New Mexico | |
| 995-29-10/73802 | Pictorial rug, two yei bi chai rug figures in profile |
Rug
|
New Mexico
Arizona | |
| 995-29-10/73933 | Banded blanket |
Blanket
|
Arizona
|