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Object Number
995-29-10/74014
Display Title
Fringed rain sash of white cotton twill-weave
Descriptions
Object Description
White cotton rain sash with fringe from 1970s-1980s. Body of sash is a twill weave 140 cm long, 14 cm wide, and .4 cm deep. Warp is natural-white colored commercial cotton cord, 8-ply z-spun elements S-twisted together, and has 6 threads to the cm. The weft is a slightly different shade of natural beige cotton, commercial, 4-ply z-spun S-twisted and has 5 threads per cm. The selvages are finished with two strands of slightly darker natural cotton (s-twisted z-spun 4-ply) that are twined over the weft threads along the edge. at the ends of the woven portion, the warp is split into 7 clusters. These are subdivided into 6 2-ply elements, which are braided. The resulting braid is 2 cm wide and 2.5 cm long, and the braiding terminates inside rings made of cord (8-ply z-sp[see Object Description text entry for extended description]
Inventory Description
Sash, woven natural cotton, long twisted and tied fringe withballs at top
Classification
- Sash
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1970s-1980s
Culture
- Hopi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Arizona
Additional Geographic Terms
Hopi mesas
Materials
Cotton, Corn husk
Dimensions
Overall: 274 x 18 x 2.5 cm (107 7/8 x 7 1/16 x 1 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
995-29-10/74014
Provenance
Collector
Dr. William R. Wright
Donor
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
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