Woven wool floor covering
date: label: Accession Date
content: 23 Aug 2000
label: Collection Date
content: 1996
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Labelle Prussin
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Labelle Prussin
notes: label: Notes
content: Single-ply, Z-spun, handspun yarn. Plain weave in white with black supplementary wefts forming diamond / latticework pattern on the front. Long floats on the back. Warp ends loosely tied on one end and twisted in to make a corded finish on the other end.
label: Notes
content: Donor's notes describe this as an "old Berber floor covering for a tent. Sheep's wool for warp and weft. A classic example from the high Atlas (Ouaouzguite), Morocco... Woven by women on a horizontal loom." References: Fiske, Pickering and Yohe, 1980, From the Far West: Carpets and Textiles of Morocco, Wash DC: Textile Museum, p 33 for a similar weave, p 144 for a similar example. References: Reswick, I, 1985, Traditional Textiles of Tunisia, Chap. on Moroccan weavings, p 140-42 in particular for the weaving technique. References: Ricard, P, 1923, 1975, Tapis Morocains, vol. 4.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 20 Jan 2015
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Midelt, Morocco, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Berber (Amazigh)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2011246
label: USNM Number
content: E431668-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Rug
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: ca. 130 cm
label: Width
content: 103 cm