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Object Number
985-27-10/58911
Display Title
White cotton manta (Maiden shawl), red and blue borders
Descriptions
Object Description
White cotton manta (maiden shawl). Wide central cream panel with red border band with two narrow cream bands top and bottom in diagonal twill, and wide blue black band of diamond twill at top and bottom edges.
Inventory Description
Shawl, wool, natural with red and blue borders
Classification
- Shawl
Department
Ethnographic
Date
c.1875-1885
Culture
- Late Classic Period (US Southwest)
- Hopi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Arizona?
Materials
Wool, Dye
Dimensions
Overall: 98.5 x 109 x 0.3 cm (38 3/4 x 42 15/16 x 1/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
985-27-10/58911
Provenance
Collector
William H. Claflin, Jr.
(1920s-1930s)
Donor
William H. Claflin, Jr.
(1985)
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