Snake Dance Outfit

Kilt

38784A

From: Arizona

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 38784A
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Hopi
Provenience Arizona
Culture Area Southwest Culture Area
Section American
Materials Fiber | Pigment
Description

A rectangular kilt painted with a snake design on a red background. The snake is black with a white border and has alternating sets of two parallel lines and birds feet in white. The snake is flanked above and below by black, red, and yellow horizontal bands. The central black band has small sections of white paint. The edges of the kilt all have short fringe.

Length 107 cm
Width 52 cm
Credit Line Wanamaker Expedition to the Southwest, R. Stewart Culin, 1901

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