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Object Number
985-27-10/58873
Display Title
Black wool manta with diamond twill borders
Descriptions
Object Description
Black wool manta. Black-brown central panel of diagonal twill. Bands of black-blue diamond twill top and bottom, red and green lines embroidered at junction of twill panel and diamond twill band; folded and stitched at one shoulder and part of one side in red yarn. Folded: 99 x 59 cm.. See conservation files for a more detailed physical description.
Inventory Description
Dress, manta, blue diamond and twill weave, red and green trim and seams
Classification
- Dress
Department
Ethnographic
Date
c.1890-1920
Culture
- Transition Period
- Hopi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
Materials
Wool, Acrylic yarn, Synthetic yarn
Dimensions
Overall: 110 x 64 x 1 cm (43 5/16 x 25 3/16 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
985-27-10/58873
Provenance
Collector
William H. Claflin, Jr.
(1920s-1930s - 1985)
Collector
Samuel J. Guernsey
(1923)
Donor
William H. Claflin, Jr.
(1985)
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