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Object Number 995-29-10/73962
Display Title White cotton manta, large and embroidered
Descriptions
Object Description Embroidered white cotton manta. Natural white cotton background with black and white embroidered pattern at top so that there are a total of nine black units interspersed with eight smaller green ones. The bottom is stepped square with white fret at the top, two white parallel lines and one row of white stepped row at the top. Bottom embroidery consists of five large black rectangular embroidered units with three stacked black triangles at the top separated from each other by pairs of turquoise green and same thing above by four units of two turquoise green vertical rows each. Total of five diamonds produced with a total of two different patterns. The two at each end and the one in the center consists of a blue bodied butterfly with blue, red and carrot colored wings against[see Object Description text entry for extended description]
Inventory Description Shawl, white with black decoration on edges
Classification
  • Shawl
Department Ethnographic
Date c.1920-1950?
Culture
  • Early Modern Period
  • Hopi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Arizona
Additional Geographic Terms Hopi mesas
Materials Cotton
Dimensions Overall: 104.14 x 142.24 cm (41 x 56 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 995-29-10/73962
Provenance
Collector Dr. William R. Wright
Donor Dr. William R. Wright (1995)

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