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Object Number
985-27-10/59212
Display Title
Snake priest's dance anklets (honho kyas'mi), made from buckskin
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Honho kyas'mi
Object Description
Snake priest's dance anklets (honho kyas'mi). Anklets made from buckskin dyed red. Bottom half is fringed. Top is folded over. Piece of leather thongs for tie.
Inventory Description
Anklets, leather, fringed, folded flap top withties, reddish brown pigment
Classification
- Anklet
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1800-1899?
Culture
- Hopi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Arizona
/
Navajo County
/
Hopi Reservation
/
Second Mesa
/
Mishongnovi
Additional Geographic Terms
Second Mesa
Materials
Leather, Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 29.2 x 12 x 0.7 cm (11 1/2 x 4 3/4 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity
1 Pair
Label on object
985-27-10/59212/ 24287/ 24297
Provenance
Collector
William H. Claflin, Jr.
(08/01/1912)
Donor
William H. Claflin, Jr.
(1985)
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