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Object Number 995-29-10/73810
Display Title Pictorial rug, two-faced, with three yei figures one side, stripes on other
Descriptions
Object Description Two-faced pictorial rug, one side with three white faced yei figures with brown-black dots for eyes, mouth and hair, and two white and brown-black feathers on the top of heads, with white torsos and arms with hands holding brown-black and white feathers and line hanging down and ending in similar brown-black and white feather and a dark gray line hanging down from each elbow, wearing rust kilts, with white legs, brown-black leggings and rust feet. There are also three corn stalk figures in dark gray alternating with yei figures. Borders: a brown-black stripe on one side of figures (top or bottom as woven) and one gold and one brown-black stripe on other side (top or bottom as woven). Woven with weft-wise pattern. The other side a series of stripes in brown-black, gold, d[see Object Description text entry for extended description]
Inventory Description Rug, yeis in browns and white
Classification
  • Rug
Department Ethnographic
Date c.1975-1990
Culture
  • Modern
  • Navajo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Arizona
North America / United States / New Mexico
Materials Wool
Dimensions Overall: 115 x 79.5 x 0.7 cm (45 1/4 x 31 5/16 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 995-29-10/73810
Provenance
Collector Dr. William R. Wright (1995)
Donor Dr. William R. Wright (1995)

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