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Pair of corn tassels
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Object Number 995-29-10/74019
Display Title Pair of corn tassels
Descriptions
Object Description Pair of tassels from the early 1900's, to be attached to a Hopi maiden wedding manta, on the lower corners. The tassels are based on a large bundle of handspun cotton 2-ply yarn, which are used as warp elements in the "ear" of the corn tassel, where a dark brown fibrous cord is wrapped around the white base letting the white show through the brown wrap in a spiraling pattern of squares. The size of this pattern is three strands wide of each white (running the length of the "ear") and brown (weft-wise, wrapped around continuously.) The "ear" is 10.5 cm long, and 2.8 cm in diameter. The ends of the white cotton yarn make a broad, full, fluffy tassel when the tight portion ends. Around the base of the last row of brown before the tassel puff, the outer ring of tassel yar[see Object Description text entry for extended description]
Inventory Description Tassels, wool yarn, checkered design, 2 tier fringe, yarn wrapped husk rings
Classification
  • Accessory
Department Ethnographic
Date Early 1900s
Culture
  • Hopi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Arizona
Additional Geographic Terms Hopi mesas
Materials Wool, Corn husk, Cotton, Hair
Dimensions Overall: 38.5 x 9 x 5.8 cm (15 3/16 x 3 9/16 x 2 5/16 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 995-29-10/74019
Credit Line Bequest of William R. Wright
Provenance
Collector Dr. William R. Wright
Donor Dr. William R. Wright (1995)

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