ECHOIC I

Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A blue rug designed by Little Wing Lee.Titled ECHOIC I, the handmade Persian knot rug was constructed in India using hand spun wool from New Zealand. The rug has a black ground with a geometric design of asymmetrical rectangles in two different tones of blue. Six yellow narrow hourglass shapes are placed inside various squares. An orange woven fabric label is handsewn to the back of the rug close to one of the corners. The label has the image of a lion holding a sword with the text [Odabashian / EST. 1921] below. The text [www.odabshian.com] is at the bottom of the label.

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