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RugD4.1

Rectangular red rug with geometric designs. In the centre is a large ‘H’-like design, outlined in natural and black. In each corner is a double triangle motif. Around the edges is a border of triangles along the long sides and lines along the short ones, in natural outlined in black.

Culture
Navajo
Material
wool fibre and dye
Made in
Arizona, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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RugD4.3

Rug woven in beige, grey, red, and varying shades of brown. The design centres around a red and dark brown cross on a brown, beige, grey and red background with two smaller and two larger red diamond shapes with dark brown borders. There is a dark brown band around the central design with six red diamond shapes on either side. Each end has a band of dark brown, red, light brown, dark brown and light grey-brown.

Culture
Navajo
Material
wool fibre and dye
Made in
Arizona, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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RugD4.5

Almost square weaving with a red border enclosing two Yei figures with green faces, one in the center holding long objects and wearing an orange and green striped tunic and yellow, black and light blue skirt, the other holding a long object wearing blue and orange stripe clothing which extends as a three sided border with skirt, legs and feet at end. Tall vertical yellow designs (corn stalks?) between them, all on an off-white ground.

Culture
Navajo
Material
wool fibre and dye
Made in
Arizona, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Rug3612/1

Small handmade rug with military imagery: Kalashnikov rifles, helicopters, missile launchers, tanks, hand grenades, fighter jets; all woven in black, brown, green, red-brown and grey on an off-white background. At centre, inside the light grey-brown outline of Afghanistan, is woven 'AFGHAN MOJAHID ZINDA BAAD'. To the right, other text are inserted. The central design is bordered with a frame of green with red-brown. Long off-white fringe extends from short edges.

Culture
Afghan
Material
fibre and dye
Made in
Afghanistan ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Yei Rug3588/2

Rectangular rug with six Yei figures woven across surface; done in red, gold, light green, brown-black, and white. Figures are wearing long-sleeved shirts, pants, tall boots, feathered headbands, pendants, and arm bands with long fringe(?). Bottom edges of shirts are decorated with bands of diamonds, stripes, and zigzags; additional diamond on right side of shirt, near waist. In between the feathered headbands and boots of the figures are pairs of rectangles; five pairs along top and bottom edges. Background of rug is cream, black border along all edges; left and right sides trimmed with orange. Cream and orange tassels extend from all corners of rug.

Culture
Navajo
Material
wool fibre and dye
Made in
New Mexico, USA ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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