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Snake Dance Outfit

Wristlet

Object Number:38785B
Current Location: Collections Storage
Culture:Hopi-Tewa
Provenience: Arizona
First Mesa
Hano
Culture Area: Southwest Culture Area
Section:American
Materials:Buckskin
Hide
Pigment
Credit Line:Wanamaker Expedition to the Southwest, R. Stewart Culin, 1901

Description

Two wristlets or arm bands made from strips of hide with scalloped edges dyed black. A long tassel made from straight cut hide strips is attached to each wristlet. The end of each strip in the tassel is also cut into short fringe. Tassels are dyed red.

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