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Object Number
995-29-10/74010
Display Title
Warp-float garters: One pair, with zig-zap strip down the center
Descriptions
Object Description
Wool garters from the early 1900's, in plain warp-faced weave and with warp-floating designs. They are in what Kate Peck Kent terms as Navajo style, that is, using a white weft element, in this case a very fine white cotton 3-ply z-spun s-twisted string. The warp is of this same white, plus red and purple wool, commercial aniline dyed s-spun single-ply yarn, the purple being quite faded and gone to a lavender-grey most places where it is visible. The belt has stripes of color running its length in warp-faced plain weave, from the outside in to the center stripe, red, purple, red. The center stripe is a warp-float design in red and white, a fine pattern of lace-like stripes and diagonal lines. The selvage is finished with two strands of the white string intertwined am[see Object Description text entry for extended description]
Inventory Description
Sashes, wool, white central geo. design, green vertical stripes on red, fringed
Classification
- Sash
Department
Ethnographic
Date
Early 1900s
Culture
- Hopi?
- Navajo?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
New Mexico?
North America / United States / Arizona?
North America / United States / Arizona?
Materials
Wool
Dimensions
Overall: 80 x 5.5 x 0.1 cm (31 1/2 x 2 3/16 x 1/16 in.)
Quantity
1 pair
Label on object
995-29-10/74010a & 995-29-10/74010b
Provenance
Collector
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
Donor
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 95-30-10/65683A | Garters |
Sash
|
Arizona
| |
| 95-30-10/65683H | Garters |
Sash
|
Arizona
| |
| 95-30-10/65683G | Garters |
Sash
|
Arizona
| |
| 995-29-10/74009 | Warp-float belt: red and white butterfly motif |
Belt
|
New Mexico?
Arizona? | |
| 995-29-10/74005 | Warp-float belt: diamond-centered motif alternating with stepped X-forms |
Sash
|
Arizona
| |
| 995-29-10/74008 | Warp-float belt: bracketed stepped triangular forms in red and white |
Belt
|
New Mexico?
Arizona? | |
| 995-29-10/74004 | Warp-float belt, diamond-centered motifs in black center band |
Belt
|
New Mexico
| |
| 995-29-10/74006 | Warp-float belt: zig-zagging black and red pattern |
Belt
|
Arizona
| |
| 01-14-10/56764.1 | Sash |
Sash
|
United States
| |
| 995-29-10/74007 | Warp-float belt: Butterfly motif |
Belt
|
United States
| |
| 95-30-10/65683.C | Garter |
Sash
|
Arizona
| |
| 95-30-10/65683B | Garter |
Sash
|
Arizona
|