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Indian

Tent Hanging (qanat), ca. 1645

Description

Maker

Culture

Indian

Title

Tent Hanging (qanat)

Year

ca. 1645

Medium

Cotton plain weave, mordant and resist-dyed, hand painted

Materials/Techniques

Materials

Techniques

Dimensions

Length: 205.1 cm (80 3/4 inches)

Type

Credit

Gift of Miss Lucy T. Aldrich

Object Number

37.010

Projects & Publications

Publications

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Indian Art for the RISD Collection

August 23, 1985 - March 9, 1986

This brilliantly designed and colored tent hanging brings together the extraordinary skill of the Indian textile worker with the almost nomadic lifestyle of their patrons. These panels with their fantastic flowering trees and stylized Chinese cloud forms served as part of an enclosure or dividing wall for a tented camp city.

Use

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