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Object Number
45-25-10/28692
Display Title
Pueblo Dance Kilt
Descriptions
Object Description
Woven ceremonial dance kilt - red figure in center represents rain clouds and falling rain. Handspun cotton Pueblo Dance kilt, 1892, with emboridery in green, black (4-ply), and red s-spun wool, with black z-spun single-ply wool plaited onto bottom edge. Embroidered pattern on each side as follows (bottom to top): *wide black horizontal band with two smaller sections, four red vertical bands separated by white bands underneath inverted black stepped triangle outlined in white on a field of red (storm clouds and rain). Above black band are two green horizontal bands separated by a black band (fields). Pattern repeats once from *. Inner edge of embroidery is interrupted by two thin white vertical lines and has a serrated hooked edge. Side selvages have been overstiched with [see Object Description text entry for extended description]
Inventory Description
Skirt, rectangular, polychrome geometric design embroidered 2 edges, tassles
Classification
- Skirt
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Hopi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Arizona
Additional Geographic Terms
Arizona, northeast
Materials
Wool, Fabric, Cotton, Wool cloth
Dimensions
Overall: 114.2 x 55.2 x 0.1 cm (44 15/16 x 21 3/4 x 1/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
45-25-10/28692
Provenance
Collector
Thomas V. Keam
(1892)
Collector
Dr. Jesse Walter Fewkes
(1892)
Donor
Mary T. Hemenway
(May 5, 1945)
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 45-25-10/28691 | Pueblo Dance Kilt |
Skirt
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| 57-33-10/35593 | Brocaded Ceremonial Sash |
Sash
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New Mexico? | |
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| |
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| |
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| |
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| |
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|
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| |
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Shawl
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