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Object Number
995-29-10/73818
Display Title
Four-in-one pictorial rug with yei, yeibichai, corn plant, storm pattern designs
Descriptions
Object Description
Four-in-one pictorial rug with yei, yeibichai, corn plant and storm pattern designs. Made by Mary Ann Curleyhair in 1980s. Pattern divided into four equal panels depicting four separate rugs. Panel 1: Center white rectangle with tan Navajo wedding basket with dark brown and red pattern, from which a green tree form rises, topped with yellow triangle; a yellow beaked pink legged blue bird, a black beaked light orange legged yellow bird, a black beaked orange legged tan bird and a yellow beaked pink legged black bird sit on four of the six branches; panel has a black border with an orange outline, straight at top and bottom, serrated on sides meeting the outer gray border. Panel 2: pattern woven weft-wise, a gray rectangle with two Yei figures with square tan faces, black[see Object Description text entry for extended description]
Inventory Description
Rug, white, brown, gold, red
Classification
- Rug
Department
Ethnographic
Date
c.1980-1989
Artist
Mary Ann Curleyhair
Culture
- Navajo
- Modern
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
New Mexico
North America / United States / Arizona
North America / United States / Arizona
Materials
Wool
Dimensions
Overall: 150 x 122 x 0.3 cm (59 1/16 x 48 1/16 x 1/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
995-29-10/73818
Provenance
Collector
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
Donor
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
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