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Object Number
995-29-10/74012
Display Title
Fringed rain sash in white cotton interlaced sprang
Descriptions
Object Description
White cotton rain sash with long fringe, dating to the early 1900s. Interlaced sprang technique, using handspun natural-colored cotton consisting of 193 2-ply z-spun s-twisted strands. There are just under 10 elements per cm across the width of the sash. Interlaced body of sash is about 127 cm long, 20 cm wide, and .4 cm thick. The center finishing technique is unusual. [see extended description in Text Entries Object Description]
Inventory Description
Sash, woven cotton, buff color, long twisted fring with balls at top, dirty
Classification
- Sash
Department
Ethnographic
Date
Early 1900s
Culture
- Hopi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
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United States
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Arizona
Additional Geographic Terms
Hopi mesas
Materials
Cotton, Corn husk
Dimensions
Overall: 242 x 24 x 5.5 cm (95 1/4 x 9 7/16 x 2 3/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
995-29-10/74012
Provenance
Collector
Dr. William R. Wright
Donor
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
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