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Unknown Maker, Indian

Tent Hanging (qanat)

Maker

Unknown Maker, Indian

Culture

Indian

Title

Tent Hanging (qanat)

Year

ca. 1645

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

cotton

Dimensions

Length: 205.1 cm (80 3/4 inches)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Miss Lucy T. Aldrich

Object Number

37.010

Type

Publications

Exhibition History

A World of Costume and Textiles
"Tapestries through the Ages"
Sep 22, 1989 – Nov 12, 1989
Indian Art for the RISD Collection
Aug 23, 1985 – Mar 09, 1986

Label copy

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.

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Public Domain This object is in the Public Domain and available under a CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication

Tombstone

Unknown Maker, Indian
Tent Hanging (qanat), ca. 1645
Cotton plain weave, mordant and resist-dyed, hand painted
Length: 205.1 cm (80 3/4 inches)
Gift of Miss Lucy T. Aldrich 37.010

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