Sash

Wedding Outfit

38780C

From: Arizona | Oraibi | Third Mesa

Curatorial Section: American

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Native Name Wukokwewa
Object Number 38780C
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Hopi
Provenience Arizona | Oraibi | Third Mesa
Culture Area Southwest Culture Area
Date Made ca. 1900 CE
Section American
Materials Cotton
Technique Braided
Description

Hopi rain sash or wedding sash made of two pieces joined. Each end has braided balls which symbolize clouds and twisted fringe which symbolize rain.

Length 125 cm
Width 20 cm
Credit Line Wanamaker Expedition to the Southwest, R. Stewart Culin, 1901

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