Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 1988-0005-0013 | |
| Category | Textiles | |
| Object Name | Kilt | |
| Culture | Hopi | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Arizona | |
| County | Navajo | |
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1920-1940 | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Cotton; Commercial wool yarn; Aniline dyes | |
| Description | Young boy’s dance kilt in the form of a rectangular panel woven of hand spun cotton in a balanced plainweave technique; Embroidered at either end of the panel is a decorative panel of red, green and black geometric motifs, including rectangles, straight-edged and terraced triangles, and negative crosses; Narrow black line is also embroidered along entire top edge of kilt; Black knitted band is sewn along bottom edge of kilt; Short white cotton and black wool tassels decorate all four corners; Collected by American artist Maynard Dixon (1875-1946) prior to 1940. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 94.0, Length = 50.0 | |