Warp float running diamond design in red, dark blue, and white. Natural dyed red wool, four-ply handspun; aniline dyed blue wool, commercial spun four-ply handspun into two ply S twist yarn; white handspun two-ply cotton; eight strand braided tassels; poor condition.
Donor:
Mrs. Frank S. Baxter
Collection place:
Arizona
Verbatim coll. place:
Arizona
Culture or time period:
Akimel O'odham ("Pima")
Collector:
William Stoll Baxter
Collection date:
1860-1869
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Sashes (costume accessories)
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
1969
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 8 centimeters and length 2.19 centimeters
Comment:
References: C.L. Tanner, Southwest Indian Craft Arts, fig. 3:17; Frank Russell, The Pima Indians, 26th A.R.B.A.E., 1904-05. See D. Clark paper in acc. env. for structural analysis.