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Object Number
38-98-10/13067
Display Title
Manta, black wool with embroidered blue borders
Descriptions
Object Description
Manta in black wool twill weave with embroidered indigo borders. Warp and weft of brownish-black single ply wool, embroidered of dark blue coarse single ply wool, side originally joined by red wool. Embroidery done in twill style pattern. Inner edge of indigo border is a row of five flowers evenly spaced across width of manta. Narrow indigo border also embroidered up the side selvages. Red yarn used to attach manta at left side and above the left shoulder. Side selvages are wrapped. Top and bottom selvages are blanket stitched. Top selvage is also wrapped in indigo yarn. Length: 73.7 cm; Width: 51.3 cm (folded); Depth: .3 cm. Thread count: Warp -- 11 ends/cm; Weft -- 10 ends/cm. Good condition. Some disintegration of bottom edge. One hole in twill portion.
Paper tag: "38-93-10/13067 Southwest /Zuni Pueblo B9:53:j"M
Inventory Description
Manta, brown woven, blue embroidered edges, red wool seams, tassles
Classification
- Outerwear
Department
Ethnographic
Date
ca.1860-1880
Culture
- Late Classic Period (US Southwest)
- Zuñi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
New Mexico
Materials
Wool
Dimensions
Overall: 76 x 51.3 x 1 cm (29 15/16 x 20 3/16 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
38-98-10/13067
Provenance
Collector
Samuel D. Stevens
(1920)
Donor
Abbot Stevens
(1938)
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