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Object Number
98-9-10/51794.1
Display Title
One panel of two-piece woman's dress
Descriptions
Object Description
One panel of a weft-faced tapestry weave dress in black, indigo, red and green z-spun single wool (weft) and brown z-spun single-ply wool (warp). Center black panel bordered on each side with panels in the following pattern. Indigo band with stepped triangles; red band; narrow green band; wide red band with five indigo stepped diamonds with two narrow horizontal green lines in red centers and a half-diamond on the same pattern at each edge; narrow green band; red band; indigo band with inverted stepped triangles; two red bands with narrow green horizontal stripe down center sepatrated by a narrow indigo band. All selvages are wrapped in indigo wool. Length: 116.5 cm; Width: 82,2 cm; Depth: .2 cm. Thread count: Warp -- 6 ends/cm; Weft -- 28 ends/cm. Fair condition. A number o[see Object Description text entry for extended description]
Inventory Description
Dress panel, red and black
Classification
- Dress
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1860-1870
Culture
- Navajo
- Classic Period (US Southwest)
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
New Mexico
Additional Geographic Terms
New Mexico, Northwest; Navajo Reservation
Materials
Wool
Dimensions
Overall: 116.5 x 82.2 x 0.2 cm (45 7/8 x 32 3/8 x 1/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
98-9-10/51794.1
Provenance
Collector
George H. Pepper
(1897)
Donor
B. Talbot B. Hyde
(1898)
Donor
Frederick E. Hyde, Jr.
(1898)
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