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Object Number 55-4-10/34871
Display Title Blue wool breechcloth with red and blue diamond twill borders.
Descriptions
Object Description Blue wool breechcloth with red and blue borders. Twill and diamond twill weave panel in indigo and red z-spun single-ply wool. Large center panel in indigo twill with two narrow horizontal red stripes at outer edges of panel. Borders in diamond twill weave. All selvages wrapped in indigo yarn. Indigo tassels on each corner. Length: 100 cm; Width: 46.5 cm; Depth: .2 cm; Tassels: 5cm. Thread count: Warp -- 11 ends/cm; Weft : 8 ends/cm. Good condition, but many small holes in body of piece.Cloth tag stitched onto back reads: "RHc 91 G"
Inventory Description Breechcloth, woven, dark blue, two red bands each end, tassels at corners
Classification
  • Breechcloth
Department Ethnographic
Date c.1870-1890?
Culture
  • Transition Period?
  • Hopi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Arizona
Materials Wool, Dye
Dimensions Overall: 100 x 46.5 x 0.2 cm (39 3/8 x 18 5/16 x 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 55-4-10/34871; RH#.91.G
Provenance
Collector Denver Art Museum (? - 1955)
Exchange participant Denver Art Museum (1955)

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