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Ankle Band

Object Number:38743A
Current Location: Collections Storage
Culture:Hopi
Provenience: Arizona
Shipaulovi
Culture Area: Southwest Culture Area
Section:American
Materials:Hide
Pigment
Length: 34 cm
Width: 14.5 cm
Credit Line:Wanamaker Expedition to the Southwest, R. Stewart Culin, 1901

Description

Ankle band made from a rectangular band of buckskin dyed red. A strip of long fringe is sewn on to the front using thin strips of buckskin. The ankle band wraps around the leg and is secured by a knotted band of fringe at one end that inserts into a hole at the other end.

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