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Object Number 12-29-10/84333
Display Title Embroidered white cotton manta
Descriptions
Object Description Embroidered manta, belonging to Eagle Clan. Natural cotton with a panel embroidered across top with vertical and horizontal lines with figures below composed of triangles and lines. A larger panel embroidered across the bottom of similar elements in brown and green wool and one red triangle.
Inventory Description Shawl, manta, white with weft-faced waeve decorative border
Classification
  • Shawl
Department Ethnographic
Date ca.1850-1870
Culture
  • Acoma
  • Classic Period (US Southwest)
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / New Mexico
Materials Cotton, Wool
Dimensions Overall: 170 x 134 cm (66 15/16 x 52 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 12-29-10/84333
Provenance
Collector Grace A. Nicholson (1912 - 1912)
Donor Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow (1912 - 1912)

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