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Object Number
995-29-10/74007
Display Title
Warp-float belt: Butterfly motif
Descriptions
Object Description
Warp-float belt in red, green, and black. Made in the 1980's by Morlyn Atson. This belt is similar to what Kate Peck Kent calls the Hopi style, which uses black weft cords, but in this case substituting red weft cords of 4-ply commercial aniline dyed acrylic yarn. The warp elements are in red, black, and green 4-ply commercial aniline dyed acrylic yarn, re-spun to very tight. Most of belt is warp-faced plain weave, in stripes (from outer moving inward) of red, black, green, black. In the center runs a stripe of warp-floated pattern of red and black stripes running weft-wise down the belt on one side. On the reverse is a design of floated warps consisting of lines and forms like butterflies. There are approximately 140 warp elements, 14 per cm of width. A fringe ha[see Object Description text entry for extended description]
Inventory Description
Sash, warp-float, in black, red, and green
Classification
- Belt
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1980-1989
Artist
Morlyn Atson
Culture
- Pueblo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
Materials
Acrylic
Dimensions
Overall: 221 x 10 x 0.3 cm (87 x 3 15/16 x 1/8 in.)
Distance: 0.3 x 10 x 221 cm (1/8 x 3 15/16 x 87 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
995-29-10/74007
Provenance
Collector
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
Donor
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
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