Sash
Wedding Outfit
38780C
From: Arizona | Oraibi | Third Mesa
Curatorial Section: American
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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