Dress

Museum number:
2-10762
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.562
Description:
Black wool in diagonal twill; heavily embroidered borders in red and blue geometric design. Embroidery local. Raveled crimson dyed with lac.
Donor:
Estate of Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Eastern Arizona
Verbatim coll. place:
Arizona
Culture or time period:
Hopi
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection date:
Before 1920
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Dresses (garments)
Function:
2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment)
Accession date:
1920
Context of use:
Woman's dress.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 54 inches and width 45 inches
Comment:
Native name: "manta". Remarks: see Roediger, "Ceremonial Costumes of the Pueblo Indians", pp. 121, 122. See Joe Ben Wheat letter in accession envelope. Pre-1860.
Loans:
S1968-1969 #140: Design Department (UC Berkeley)/Joanne Segal Brandford (November 12, 1968–November 12, 1968) and S1973-1974 #8: Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History (July 25, 1973–September 19, 1973)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Dress, accession number 2-10762, described as Black wool in diagonal twill; heavily embroidered borders in red and blue geometric design. Embroidery local. Raveled crimson dyed with lac.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Dress, accession number 2-10762, described as Black wool in diagonal twill; heavily embroidered borders in red and blue geometric design. Embroidery local. Raveled crimson dyed with lac.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Dress, accession number 2-10762, described as Black wool in diagonal twill; heavily embroidered borders in red and blue geometric design. Embroidery local. Raveled crimson dyed with lac.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Dress, accession number 2-10762, described as Black wool in diagonal twill; heavily embroidered borders in red and blue geometric design. Embroidery local. Raveled crimson dyed with lac.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Dress, accession number 2-10762, described as Black wool in diagonal twill; heavily embroidered borders in red and blue geometric design. Embroidery local. Raveled crimson dyed with lac.

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