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Object Number
995-29-10/73811
Display Title
Pictorial rug with six stylized yei figures
Descriptions
Object Description
Pictorial rug, six yei figures with white heads, tan hair with one white feather, turquoise earrings and stylized bodies with square shoulders and triangular shapes indicating arms, long torso with turquoise necklace and stylized triangular shapes at waist, and feet indicated by fleched points at bottom. Center figures are gold, outlined in white, one enclosing two gray butterfly figures and short vertical bars of blue and orange in triangular areas, the other with two black butterfly figures and blue and dark green vertical bars; the flanking figures have brown torsos outlined in white with tan and pink-tan butterfly figures and red brown and white bars or red and white bars. The outer two figures are gray with bright green butterfly figures and bright green and tan b[see Object Description text entry for extended description]
Inventory Description
Rug, black and white border with multi yeis
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
North America / United States / Colorado
North America / United States / Utah
North America / United States / Arizona
North America / United States / Colorado
North America / United States / Utah
Materials
Wool
Dimensions
Overall: 131 x 118.5 x 0.3 cm (51 9/16 x 46 5/8 x 1/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
995-29-10/73811
Provenance
Collector
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
Donor
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
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