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Object Number
995-29-10/73955
Display Title
White cotton manta, large and undecorated, with corn tassels
Descriptions
Object Description
White cotton manta, undecorated but with corn tassels. Large wrapped yarn tassels at each end in black and white stepped diamond motif with twisted white cotton fringe and red yarn connecting tassels to two corners.
Inventory Description
Shawl, white with tassels
Classification
- Shawl
Department
Ethnographic
Date
c.1970s
Artist
Sarah Tewaguna
Culture
- Hopi
- Modern
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Arizona
Additional Geographic Terms
Moenkopi villages
Materials
Cotton
Dimensions
Overall: 127 x 147.32 cm (50 x 58 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
995-29-10/73955
Provenance
Collector
Dr. William R. Wright
(07/01/1974)
Donor
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
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