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Object Number
45-25-10/28699
Display Title
Heel bands
Descriptions
Object Description
Heel bands worn by priests during sacred dances. Pair, made with red, black, yellow yarn and white string wrapped around eight raw hide strips forming pyramid, mountain motifs. Attached to canvas backing. Made to look like porcupine quill work.
Inventory Description
Anklets, multi thread embroidery, cotton fabric backing, leather and cotton ties
Classification
- Anklet
- Raw Material
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Hopi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Arizona
Additional Geographic Terms
Arizona, northeast
Dimensions
Overall: 24.4 x 8.5 x 0.9 cm (9 5/8 x 3 3/8 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
POISON/ 45-25-10/28699/ 3394
Provenance
Collector
Thomas V. Keam
(1892)
Donor
Mary T. Hemenway
(May 5, 1945)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 45-25-10/28698 | Heel bands |
Anklet
Raw Material |
Arizona
| |
| 45-25-10/28699A | Heel bands |
Anklet
Raw Material |
Arizona
| |
| 88-51-10/48094.1 | Heel bands |
Anklet
|
Arizona
| |
| 88-51-10/48094.2 | Heel bands. |
Anklet
|
Hopi Reservation
| |
| 45-25-10/28697 | One pair of Leggings |
Raw Material
Anklet |
Arizona
| |
| 09-38-10/75966 | Quill heel bands |
Anklet
|
New Mexico
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 985-27-10/59213 | Anklets (honho kyas'mi) used in the Snake Dance, made from leather |
Anklet
|
Mishongnovi
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 985-27-10/59212 | Snake priest's dance anklets (honho kyas'mi), made from buckskin |
Anklet
|
Mishongnovi
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 45-25-10/28678A | Cotton Snake Dance kilt, painted |
Skirt
|
Walpi
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 45-25-10/28678 | Cotton Snake Dance kilt, painted. |
Skirt
|
Walpi
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 45-25-10/28677 | Painted cloth - used by one of the Snake Priests in the Snake Dance of 1891 |
Textile
|
Arizona
| |
| 38-44-10/12886 | Cloth bands--decorated with white porcupine quill and black horsehair trimming |
Anklet
|
United States
|