Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0496-0004 | |
| Category | Textiles | |
| Object Name | Manta / shoulder blanket | |
| Culture | Hopi | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Arizona | |
| County | Navajo | |
| Other Geographic Data | Hopi Indian Reservation | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1940s to 1950s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Cotton, Commercial wool yarn; Aniline dyes | |
| Description | Woman’s manta made from a rectangular wedding robe that is woven of cotton in a balanced plainweave technique; At each corner the selvage and end cords are braided together into short tassels; In accordance with Hopi tradition, at some time after its use in a wedding, this robe was later embroidered so it could be worn on festive and ceremonial occasions; A band of alternating black and green panels incorporating negative zigzag lines is embroidered along each long side of the original robe, with a slightly different pattern and layout in each band; The band along the bottom edge also shows five diamond-with-rectangle motifs (in colors of green, red, yellow, blue, and pink) with a group of three black stacked triangles above each one. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = ca. 190.0, Length = 114.0 | |