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Brocaded Ceremonial Sash
Brocaded Ceremonial Sash
Object Number 57-33-10/35593
Display Title Brocaded Ceremonial Sash
Descriptions
Object Description Brocaded ceremonial sash. Woven white sash with colored ends and fringe - used in Rain Dance. Plain weave commercial s-spun 4-ply white cotton, brocaded with red, black, turquoise and purple s-spun 3-ply wool. Two panels with brocade at one end. Non-brocaded ends are sewn together with red wool and red tassels at either end of seam. Brocaded ends have the following horizontal band pattern: wide black band with two rows of undulating white triangles; turquoise band; black band with four pair of narrow vertical white lines; purple band; narrow black band; wide turquiose band with two red and white diamonds separated from edges and each other by three pair narrow vertical white lines with hooked ends; narrow black band; purple band; black band with three pair narrow [see Object Description text entry for extended description]
Inventory Description Sash, 2 sections sewn, red, black, purple, green stitching at ends, red trim, fr
Classification
  • Sash
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Hopi?
  • Zuni?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / New Mexico?
North America / United States / Arizona?
Materials Wool, Cotton
Dimensions Overall: 248 x 25.2 x 0.3 cm (97 5/8 x 9 15/16 x 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 57-33-10/35593
Provenance
Collector Dr. Loring T. Swaim (1904 - 1957)
Intermediary William H. Harrison (1957)
Donor Dr. Loring T. Swaim (1957)

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