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Object Number
45-25-10/28677
Display Title
Painted cloth - used by one of the Snake Priests in the Snake Dance of 1891
Descriptions
Object Description
Painted cloth - used by one of the Snake Priests in the Snake Dance of 1891
Inventory Description
Canvas strip, folded, brown and white pig- ment, line of perforations, hide ties
Classification
- Textile
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Hopi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Arizona
Additional Geographic Terms
Arizona, northeast
Materials
Canvas, Hide, Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 77.3 x 7.4 x 0.4 cm (30 7/16 x 2 15/16 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
45-25-10/28677 & 3535
Provenance
Collector
Dr. Jesse Walter Fewkes
(1892)
Collector
Thomas V. Keam
(1892)
Donor
Mary T. Hemenway
(May 5, 1945)
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