White cotton in herringbone twill with pattern in kelim slits; heavily fringed ends with thick cotton disc ornaments. Discs are cotton cord wrapped rings of cornhusk. Worn in religious ceremonies.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Oraibi, Third Mesa, Hopi Reservation
Verbatim coll. place:
Arizona; Hopi Reservation; Oraibi
Culture or time period:
Hopi
Collector:
Philip Mills Jones
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Sashes (costume accessories)
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
1903
Context of use:
Wedding sash".
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 260 centimeters
Comment:
Remarks: cf 5662; see Roediger, "Ceremonial Costumes of Pueblo Indians", pp. 132-3.
Loans:
S1954-1955 #6: Margaret Irwin (January 24, 1955–unknown), S1964-1965 #81: Bureau of Indian Affairs (March 23, 1965–June 10, 1965), S1965-1966 #88: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/John Desmond Clark (June 1, 1966–June 1, 1966), S1965-1966 #92: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Robert F. G. Spier (June 16, 1966–July 29, 1966), S1967-1968 #63: Design Department (UC Berkeley)/Joanne Segal Brandford (November 29, 1967–November 30, 1967), S1967-1968 #90: Design Department (UC Berkeley)/Joanne Segal Brandford (February 14, 1968–February 26, 1968), S1968-1969 #140: Design Department (UC Berkeley)/Joanne Segal Brandford (November 12, 1968–November 12, 1968), S1969-1970 #36: Design Department (UC Berkeley) (October 13, 1969–October 15, 1969), S1973-1974 #39: Palo Alto Cultural Center (November 27, 1973–January 8, 1974), S1973-1974 #65: Oakland Museum of California (March 8, 1974–April 24, 1974), S1976-1977 #44: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley) (February 1, 1977–February 2, 1977), S1978-1979 #3: Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (July 10, 1978–April 24, 1979), and S1985-1986 #31: The Crafts Museum, New Delhi, India (March 8, 1986–August 4, 1986)