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Object Number 45-25-10/28695
Display Title Brocaded Ceremonial Sash
Descriptions
Object Description Brocaded ceremonial sash. Hopi, 1892, of plain weave white cotton s-spun 4-ply warp with weft of 4-ply black and green and 3-ply red s-spun wool and white and indigo z-spun single-ply wool. Two panels with brocade at one end are attached together at corners of non-brocaded ends with knotted tassels of red and white wool and white cotton. Brocaded ends have the following pattern: wide black band with undulating white traingles; green band; black band with three pairs of narrow vertical white lines; blue band; black band; wide green band with two diamonds of red and white traingles outlined in black and separated from each other by three pair of narrow vertical lines with hooked ends; black band; blue band; black band with three pairs of narrow white vertical lines; green ban[see Object Description text entry for extended description]
Inventory Description Sash, woven off-white cotton, fringed ends, multicolor yarn brocade at ends
Classification
  • Sash
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Hopi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Arizona
Additional Geographic Terms Arizona, northeast
Materials Cotton, Wool
Dimensions Overall: 209 x 25.7 x 0.3 cm (82 5/16 x 10 1/8 x 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object POISON & 45-25-10/28695
Provenance
Collector Dr. Jesse Walter Fewkes (1892)
Collector Thomas V. Keam (1892)
Donor Mary T. Hemenway (May 5, 1945)

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