Dress

Museum number:
2-10512
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.543
Description:
Tubular; characteristic Zuni weave and embroidery. This is really a blanket stitched together to form a gown. Black wool in diagonal twill; ends heavily embroidered in blue wool. Native mends.
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:
Dresses (garments)
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
1919
Context of use:
Dress for woman.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 71 centimeters and length 107 centimeters
Loans:
S1954-1955 #6: Margaret Irwin (January 24, 1955–unknown)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Dress, accession number 2-10512, described as Tubular; characteristic Zuni weave and embroidery. This is really a blanket stitched together to form a gown. Black wool in diagonal twill; ends heavily embroidered in blue wool. Native mends.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Dress, accession number 2-10512, described as Tubular; characteristic Zuni weave and embroidery. This is really a blanket stitched together to form a gown. Black wool in diagonal twill; ends heavily embroidered in blue wool. Native mends.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Dress, accession number 2-10512, described as Tubular; characteristic Zuni weave and embroidery. This is really a blanket stitched together to form a gown. Black wool in diagonal twill; ends heavily embroidered in blue wool. Native mends.

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