Dress

Museum number:
2-5666
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020005666
Alternate number:
3941 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.88
Description:
Coarse, woven; cotton, plain weave; white; tassels on edges. Called "wedding dress".
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Oraibi, Third Mesa, Hopi Reservation
Verbatim coll. place:
Arizona; Hopi Reservation; Oraibi
Culture or time period:
Hopi
Collector:
Philip Mills Jones
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Dresses (garments)
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
1903
Context of use:
Called "wedding dress".
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 147 centimeters and width 169 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Dress, accession number 2-5666, described as Coarse, woven; cotton, plain weave; white; tassels on edges. Called "wedding dress".Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Dress, accession number 2-5666, described as Coarse, woven; cotton, plain weave; white; tassels on edges. Called "wedding dress".
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Dress, accession number 2-5666, described as Coarse, woven; cotton, plain weave; white; tassels on edges. Called "wedding dress".Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Dress, accession number 2-5666, described as Coarse, woven; cotton, plain weave; white; tassels on edges. Called "wedding dress".

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