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Object Number 45-25-10/28429
Display Title Hopi sash
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Wukokwena
Object Description Warp-faced plain weave sash in indigo blue ( z-spun single ply), red and green s-spun, 3-ply) warp and brown (z-spun) weft wool. Composed of five vertical bands: center band is red with red and black warp float pattern of diamond-within-a-diamond. Inner diamond composed of stacked stepped triangles. Half-diamonds of stepped traingles edge the warp float. Near ends center panel also has six alternating black and red undulating vertical lines. Sides are left as woven and ends have been twisted to create a fringe. Length: 290 cm; Width: 10 cm; Depth: .2 cm. Thread count: Warp -- 21 ends/cm; Weft: 5 ends/cm. Good condtion. though deifintely faded, and side selvages have a great deal of fraying. Paper tag reads: " 45-25-10/28429, Hopi Arizona " (on front) "20:212:1b" (on back).
Inventory Description Sash, woven wool, indigo geo. pattern, red and green vertical bands, fringed
Classification
  • Sash
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Hopi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Arizona
Additional Geographic Terms Arizona, northeast
Materials Wool
Dimensions Overall: 290 x 10 x 0.2 cm (114 3/16 x 3 15/16 x 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 45-25-10/28429\ Hopi\ Arizona
Provenance
Collector Thomas V. Keam (1892)
Collector Dr. Jesse Walter Fewkes (1892)
Donor Mary T. Hemenway (May 5, 1945)

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