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Object Number
985-27-10/58902
Display Title
Woman's dress, wool: woven in two pieces, sewn together at one side.
Descriptions
Object Description
Woman's dress, wool: woven in two pieces, sewn together at one side. Central black panel with bands top and bottom of red (bayeta) with two opposed blue zigzag stripes in center, bands of small blue rounded triangles forming scalloped band above and below. 112 x 162 cm.
Inventory Description
Dress, blue, black and red geometric pattern
Classification
- Dress
Department
Ethnographic
Date
c.1850-1870
Culture
- Classic Period (US Southwest)
- Navajo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
Materials
Wool
Quantity
1
Label on object
985-27-10/58902
Provenance
Collector
Eliza Hosmer
(mid 1870s)
Intermediary
Abbie Hosmer
(1932)
Donor
William H. Claflin, Jr.
(1932 - 1985)
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