7 x 25 Hooked rug used as cover/headrest for back of Mr. Hanscam's chair. Made from nylon stockings- some of them bleached with Clorox for lighter colors. 2 elk with flowers, Elk (traced) taken off from a picture that her father had given her, that she liked. Made it because the chair had started to split where her husband's head was. Made ~30 years ago.

Title
7 x 25 Hooked rug used as cover/headrest for back of Mr. Hanscam's chair. Made from nylon stockings- some of them bleached with Clorox for lighter colors. 2 elk with flowers, Elk (traced) taken off from a picture that her father had given her, that she liked. Made it because the chair had started to split where her husband's head was. Made ~30 years ago.
LC Subject
Rugs
Repository
Randall V. Mills Archives of Northwest Folklore
Contributor
Hanscom, Viola, 1891-
Collector
Kodish, Deborah
Description
Photograph from the Folk Art of the Oregon Country Project Records, 1979-1980.
Work Type
35mm (photographic film size)
Ethnographic Term
material culture objects furnishings floor coverings hooked rugs
Location
Harbor >> Curry County >> Oregon >> United States
Date
1979
Identifier
OFA_79_DK_A87_008
Item Locator
OFA/79_DK_A87.8
Rights
In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
Rights Holder
Oregon Arts Commission
Local Collection Name
Webfoots and Bunchgrassers: Folk Art of the Oregon Country
Type
Image
Format
image/tiff
Set
Northwest Folklife Digital Collection
Primary Set
Northwest Folklife Digital Collection
Institution
University of Oregon
Cultural Context
Swiss Americans