Rug
date: label: Accession Date
content: 26 Jan 1987
label: Collection Date
content: 1982
name: label: Collector
content: Diana K. Myers
label: Donor Name
content: Diana K. Myers
notes: label: Notes
content: THIS IDENTICAL PAIR OF SLEEPING PILE RUGS HAS 3 RED AND PINK PEONY MEDALLIONS DESIGNS ON A BLUE FIELD. RED AND PINK PEONIES SURROUND THE MEDALLIONS. THERE IS AN INNER BORDER WITH WHITE PEARLS ON A BLUE FIELD, AND THE OUTER BORDER HAS AN INSIDE EDGE OF ANGULAR T-SHAPED MEANDERS AND AN OUTER EDGE OF FLOWER DESIGNS. THE OUTER BORDER HAS A GREEN FIELD THAT, ACCORDING TO THE COLLECTOR, WAS COLORED WITH AN ORGANIC DYE. WOOL WARP AND WEFT. ACCORDING TO THE SELLER, THIS PAIR OF RUGS WAS ORIGINALLY MADE FOR A HUSBAND AND WIFE, LIVING NEAR GYANTSE, C.1900-1910(?).
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Tibet, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Tibetan
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 358171
label: USNM Number
content: E423221-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Rug
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 166 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 83.5 cm