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Object Number
995-29-10/73986
Display Title
White cotton embroidered vest
Descriptions
Object Description
Embroidered vest. Natural cotton background with embroidered design that totally encircles the weaving with the bottom band being alternating squares of red and black with white geometric patterns. On the bottom band there is a total of five red and five black squares each. The next are alternating bands of three red bands, four green and three red bands and the next is unit of alternating red and green smaller bands with a hooked fret design. There are three of those on each side of the front but on the back there is only one row and then the back leads into a solid red band with terraced white design elements followed by a solid green band with two stepped diamonds. At the top is a solid red band with two whole and one half ----- triangles and on the front side the only --[see Object Description text entry for extended description]
Inventory Description
Vest, white cotton fabric, embroidered w/blk, grn and red geo bands, 1 hide tie
Classification
- Vest
Department
Ethnographic
Date
c.1920-1960?
Culture
- Rio Grande Pueblo
- Early Modern Period
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
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United States
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New Mexico?
Materials
Cotton fabric, Yarn, Hide, Wool, Cotton
Dimensions
Overall: 44.5 x 43.5 x 0.9 cm (17 1/2 x 17 1/8 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
995-29-10/73986
Provenance
Collector
Dr. William R. Wright
Donor
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
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