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Object Number
995-29-10/74005
Display Title
Warp-float belt: diamond-centered motif alternating with stepped X-forms
Descriptions
Object Description
Warp-float belt from the mid-1900's, in red, green, and black. This belt is in what Kate Peck Kent calls the Hopi style, using black weft cords of single-ply s-spun wool, and warps in red, black, and green 3-ply commercial aniline dyed wool yarn, re-spun to very tight. Most of belt is warp-faced plain weave, in stripes (from outer moving inward) black, green, red. In the center runs a stripe of warp-floated pattern in red and black, a repeating design of triangle-forms and stepped-edge X-shaped forms, and rows of stripes at the ends. There are 180 warp elements, just under 19 per cm of width. A fringe hangs from the ends of the woven belt, warp elements gathered into groups of ten and z-twisted into a 22 cm fringe of 18 elements, each knotted at the bottom. [see Object Description text entry for extended description]
Inventory Description
Sash, woven wool, blk, grn, red geo design, fringed
Classification
- Sash
Department
Ethnographic
Date
Mid 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
Wool
Dimensions
Overall: 266 x 9.5 x 0.2 cm (104 3/4 x 3 3/4 x 1/16 in.)
Distance: 0.2 x 9.5 x 226 cm (1/16 x 3 3/4 x 89 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
995-29-10/74005
Provenance
Collector
Dr. William R. Wright
Donor
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
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