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Arm Band

Object Number:38741B
Current Location: Collections Storage
Culture:Hopi-Tewa
Provenience: Arizona
First Mesa
Hano
Culture Area: Southwest Culture Area
Section:American
Materials:Hide
Feather
Fiber
Pigment
Length: 13.5 cm
Width: 7 cm
Credit Line:Wanamaker Expedition to the Southwest, R. Stewart Culin, 1901

Description

Arm band made from a thick leather band. The exterior has traces of dye, likely originally white. Two small buckskin straps are dyed red and secure the band to perforations on the opposite side. A tassel made from twisted green and orange string is wrapped around the strap and has one orange pompom.

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