Snake Dance Outfit

Belt (uncertain)

38784G

From: Arizona

Curatorial Section: American

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

Pair of bands made from rectangular bands of buckskin dyed red. Each has a strip of short fringed layered over long fringe sewn on to the front using thin strips of buckskin. The reverse has white and black animal fur and shows evidence of repairs. One band has a side damaged and the other has the lower edge damaged.

Length 58 cm
Width 12 cm
Credit Line Wanamaker Expedition to the Southwest, R. Stewart Culin, 1901

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