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Object Number
45-25-10/28691
Display Title
Pueblo Dance Kilt
Descriptions
Object Description
Woven ceremonial dance kilt - red figure in center represents rain clouds and falling rain. Plain weave handspun cotton Pueblo Dance kilt, 1892, with embroidered green, black (4-ply), and red s-spun wool. Embroidery pattern on each side from bottom to top as follows: *wide black horizontal band with two samller sections, one of seven red vertical stripes separated by white, placed under an inverted black stepped traingle outlined in white on a field of red (rain and clouds). Then two green horizontal bands separated by a black band (fields). Pattern repeats once from *. Entire pattern interrupted on innner edge by two thin vertical white lines. Inner edge of pattern has serrated hooked edge. Top and left side selvage have been rolled and stitched. The right and bottom se[see Object Description text entry for extended description]
Inventory Description
Skirt, woven rectangular, embroidered 2 edges, polychrome designs, tassles
Classification
- Skirt
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Hopi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Arizona
Additional Geographic Terms
Arizona, northeast
Materials
Cotton, Wool cloth
Dimensions
Overall: 102 x 48.3 x 0.4 cm (40 3/16 x 19 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
45-25-10/28691
Provenance
Collector
Dr. Jesse Walter Fewkes
(1892)
Collector
Thomas V. Keam
(1892)
Donor
Mary T. Hemenway
(May 5, 1945)
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