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Object Number
45-25-10/28678B
Display Title
Cotton Snake Dance kilt
Descriptions
Object Description
Cotton kilt of a Snake Priest used in Snake Dance of 1891. Zigzag figure across the middle represents the Avanu (water serpent) the parallel lines above painted in black and yellow with white markings and below painted in black and yellow with white markings represent the rainbow. The kilt is painted in a brownish-red tone.
Inventory Description
Cotton, skirt, rectangular, 2 section sewn together, painted, curvilinear and ba
Classification
- Skirt
Department
Ethnographic
Date
c.1880-1890
Culture
- Hopi
- Transition Period
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Arizona
/
Navajo County
/
Hopi Reservation
/
First Mesa
/
Walpi
Additional Geographic Terms
Arizona, northeast
Materials
Cotton, Paint, Canvas
Dimensions
Overall: 96 x 54.5 cm (37 13/16 x 21 7/16 in.)
Quantity
1 (1 bag pigment)
Label on object
45-25-10/28678B
Provenance
Collector
Thomas V. Keam
(1892)
Collector
Dr. Jesse Walter Fewkes
(1892)
Donor
Mary T. Hemenway
(May 5, 1945)
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