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Object Number
45-25-10/28431
Display Title
Hopi Sash
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Wukokwena
Object Description
Sash, woven by the men and worn by the women as a belt (wukokwena). Warp-faced plain weave sash with warp floats, c. 1892, made 3-ply z-spun S-twist black, green, and red wool. Composed of five vertical bands: center red band with red and black warp float in continuous diamond-within-diamond pattern, inner diamond bisected by a horizontal band. Half-diamonds of stepped traingles on edges of warp float. Outser edges are black seprarted from center by green bands. Sides are as woven and warp ends are twisted to from a fringe. Length: 322 cm, Width: 9.5 cm, Depth: .2 cm. Thread count: Warp -- 18 ends/cm; Weft -- 6 ends/cm. Good condition, but some advanced fraying and holes on side selvages.
Paper tag reads: "45-25-10/28431 Hopi Arizona" (on front). 20:212:1b" (on back). Additional description under Conservation.
Inventory Description
Sash, woven wool, black 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, Dye
Dimensions
Overall: 322 x 9.5 x 0.2 cm (126 3/4 x 3 3/4 x 1/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
45-25-10/28431\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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| 45-25-10/28429 | Hopi sash |
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| 45-25-10/28430 | Hopi sash |
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