Kilt

Museum number:
2-10465
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.543
Description:
Embroidered kilt. Two webs of cotton plainweave sewn together; multicolor wool embroidery.
Donor:
Alfred L. Kroeber, Elsie Clews Parsons, and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Zuni, Zuni Reservation, McKinley County
Verbatim coll. place:
Zuni
Culture or time period:
Zuni
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
1918
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Embroidery (visual works) and Kilts
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
1919
Context of use:
Worn by nearly all masked dancers.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 224 centimeters and width 26 centimeters
Loans:
S1966-1967 #44: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley) (November 16, 1966–November 16, 1966)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Kilt, accession number 2-10465, described as Embroidered kilt. Two webs of cotton plainweave sewn together; multicolor wool embroidery.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Kilt, accession number 2-10465, described as Embroidered kilt. Two webs of cotton plainweave sewn together; multicolor wool embroidery.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Kilt, accession number 2-10465, described as Embroidered kilt. Two webs of cotton plainweave sewn together; multicolor wool embroidery.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Kilt, accession number 2-10465, described as Embroidered kilt. Two webs of cotton plainweave sewn together; multicolor wool embroidery.

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