Rug
date: label: Accession Date
content: 16 Jun 1981
name: label: Collector
content: N/A
label: Donor Name
content: Mrs. Marjorie M. Post
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "YEI FIGURES DESIGN; BLACK BACKGROUND; GREY BORDER; 10 YEIBICHAI FIGURES; DAMAGED ON CORNER & WITH A SMALL HOLE; ALL ANILINE DYE; HANDSPUN & 4-PLY COMMERCIAL YARNS USED. 1935-50." PER REBECCA M. VALETTE THIS RUG WAS WOVEN IN THE EARY 1920'S - 1922 OR BEFORE. THE RUG IS VISIBLE IN PHOTOS OF THE 1922 SANTA FE INDIAN FAIR, WHICH ARE IN THE COLLECTION OF THE MUSEUM OF NEW MEXICO, SANTA FE (THEIR NEG. #S 14288 & 23319). SEE ANTHROPOLOGY PROCESSING LAB ACCESSION FILE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. - F. PICKERING 5-16-2000. Information from "Textiles of the American Southwest" webpage entry on this artifact: Rug, Navajo. Dimensions: 73 in. (warp) x 50.5 in. (weft). Technique: Plain tapestry weave. Thread count: Warp = 12/in.; Weft = 21/in. Fibers: Warp = 1-ply handspun wool yarn, natural white, Z-spin. Weft = 1-ply handspun wool yarn, natural white, grey, and black (possibly top dyed) wool yarn; synthetic dyed light blue, red, orange, yellow, green blue, olive, purple wool yarn, Z-spin; commercial green, yellow, tan, and blue wool yarn. Tassels at the four corners (one remaining): 2-ply, handspun wool yarn light blue, Z-spin, S-twist. Design: Pictorial Yeibichai. Across the center are ten human figures on a brown/black background. The figure on the far right is unique with different clothing, smaller in size, and appears to be in motion (perhaps jumping). A white, red, and gray fret pattern frames the figures. A red, repeating leaf pattern with grey and light blue bands frame the entire rug. Comment: Worn in some areas. Triangular piece of red leather in one corner with the number 50 written on it (possibly an auction tag).
label: Notes
content: Illus. Fig. 3.2.14, p. 109 in Valette, Rebecca M. 2017. Navajo Weavings With Ceremonial Themes: a historical overview of a secular art form. [S.l.]: Schiffer Publishing. Caption: "Yeibichai weaving, c. 1922. Handspun and commercial yarn, 50" x 74". This Yeibichai blanket depicts an incomplete team of eight male and female dancers led by Talking God wearing a multifeathered headdress and a deerskin draped across his torso. Water Sprinkler is depicted as a young playful trickster."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 7 Jul 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Greasewood Area, Apache County, Arizona, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Navajo (Diné)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 318782
label: USNM Number
content: E418938A-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Rug
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 188 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 127 cm