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Object Number 45-25-10/28678A
Display Title Cotton Snake Dance kilt, painted
Descriptions
Object Description Cotton kilt of a Snake Priest used in Snake Dance of 1891. Zig-zag figure across the middle is the Avanu (water serpent) and the parallel lines above painted in black, yellow with white markings and below painted in black, yellow with white markings represent the rainbow.
Inventory Description Skirt, painted, rectangular, cotton, curvilinear and band designs
Classification
  • Skirt
Department Ethnographic
Date c.1880-1890
Culture
  • Transition Period
  • Hopi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Arizona / Navajo County / Hopi Reservation / First Mesa / Walpi
Additional Geographic Terms Arizona, northeast
Dimensions Overall: 91.3 x 50 cm (35 15/16 x 19 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 45-25-10/28678A
Provenance
Collector Dr. Jesse Walter Fewkes (1892)
Collector Thomas V. Keam (1892)
Donor Mary T. Hemenway (May 5, 1945)

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