Kilt or cloak

Museum number:
2-10466
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.543
Description:
Large, embroidered kilt or cloak. White cotton plainweave with green, black, red, purple, yellow and white wool embroidery; heavy corner tassels.
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:
Cloaks, 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 masked Sha`lako dancers.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 130 centimeters and length 158 centimeters
Loans:
S1954-1955 #6: Margaret Irwin (January 24, 1955–unknown)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Kilt or cloak, accession number 2-10466, described as Large, embroidered kilt or cloak. White cotton plainweave with green, black, red, purple, yellow and white wool embroidery; heavy corner tassels.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Kilt or cloak, accession number 2-10466, described as Large, embroidered kilt or cloak. White cotton plainweave with green, black, red, purple, yellow and white wool embroidery; heavy corner tassels.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Kilt or cloak, accession number 2-10466, described as Large, embroidered kilt or cloak. White cotton plainweave with green, black, red, purple, yellow and white wool embroidery; heavy corner tassels.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Kilt or cloak, accession number 2-10466, described as Large, embroidered kilt or cloak. White cotton plainweave with green, black, red, purple, yellow and white wool embroidery; heavy corner tassels.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Kilt or cloak, accession number 2-10466, described as Large, embroidered kilt or cloak. White cotton plainweave with green, black, red, purple, yellow and white wool embroidery; heavy corner tassels.

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