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Object Number
995-29-10/74009
Display Title
Warp-float belt: red and white butterfly motif
Descriptions
Object Description
Warp-float belt, in a bulkier than usual weave, in red, green, and white. This belt is in what Kate Peck Kent calls the Navajo style, using white weft cords of commercial cotton, 4-ply s-spun z-twist. The warp cords are in red and green 4-ply commercial aniline dyed wool yarn, tightly spun, and white cotton cord, 4-ply s-spun z-twist. Most of belt is warp-faced plain weave, in stripes (from outer moving inward to central design stripe) white, red, green, red. In the center runs a stripe of warp-floated pattern in red and white, a repeating design of butterfly patterns on one side, and weft-wise stripes on the other side. There are 132 warp elements, about 15 per cm of width. A fringe hangs from the ends of the woven belt, warp elements gathered into groups of two, [see Object Description text entry for extended description]
Inventory Description
Belt, red w/green stripes and buff edging, butterfly design, fringe at each end
Classification
- Belt
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1980-1989
Culture
- Navajo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
New Mexico?
North America / United States / Arizona?
North America / United States / Arizona?
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Dimensions
Overall: 212 x 11.4 x 0.3 cm (83 7/16 x 4 1/2 x 1/8 in.)
Distance: 1/8 x 4 1/2 x 83 7/16 in. (1/8 x 4 1/2 x 83 7/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
995-29-10/74009
Provenance
Collector
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
Donor
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
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