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Object Number 995-29-10/73956
Display Title White cotton manta, undecorated, elaborate tassels
Descriptions
Object Description White cotton manta, undecorated. Large tassel at two ends woven in black and white checkerboard effect with long fringe and attached by a harvest gold woven ring to two corners. Other two corners have large white wool pompons.
Inventory Description Shawl, white
Classification
  • Shawl
Department Ethnographic
Date mid 1900s
Culture
  • Modern
  • Hopi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Arizona
Materials Cotton
Dimensions Overall: 143.51 x 185.42 cm (56 1/2 x 73 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 995-29-10/73956
Provenance
Collector Dr. William R. Wright
Donor Dr. William R. Wright (1995)

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