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Object Number
985-27-10/58914
Display Title
Woman's dress, one panel, wool. Center panel of brown-black.
Descriptions
Object Description
Woman's dress, one panel, wool. Center panel of brown-black; red band at each end w/ four open stepped blue-black diamonds w/ flagged corners w/ narrow band of stepped blue-black triangles and narrow stripe near center panel and band of stepped triangles edge top & bottom. 123.5 x 79 cm.
Inventory Description
Dress, wool. red and black with geometric designs
Classification
- Dress
Department
Ethnographic
Date
c.1865-1879
Culture
- Late Classic Period (US Southwest)
- Navajo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
Materials
Wool, Dye
Dimensions
Overall: 90 x 82 x 0.2 cm (35 7/16 x 32 5/16 x 1/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
985-27-10/58914; NAVAJO/DRESS/NOT ORIG CAT #/CLAF/B9:372:A
Provenance
Collector
Mrs. John Lowe
(1894?)
Collector
William H. Claflin, Jr.
(1920's-1930's)
Donor
William H. Claflin, Jr.
(1985)
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