Cotton flannel shirt. camel colored, fringed man's shirt. bound neckline and cuffs. long fringes down the outside of each arm, from shoulders to mid chest and a 'V' shaped bib attached at neck (front and black). inside 'V' is decorated with paint orange and blue on one side; magenta, yellow and blue on the other. each sleeve is decorated with 7 narrow green, horizontal stripes. tails are cut to resemble a deer skin. shirt closes with a variety of closure mechanisms (snaps, velcro, safety pins [removed as were rusting] across the right shoulder and down the right side seam.
Donor:
Estate of Vernon DeMars
Collection place:
Arizona
Verbatim coll. place:
Unites States, Arizona, Hopi
Culture or time period:
Hopi
Collector:
Vernon DeMars
Materials:
Cotton (textile), Metal, Paint (coating), and Rawhide
Taxon:
Odocoileus
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Shirts (main garments)
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
August 18, 2008
Context of use:
appears to be part of a dance (?) costume. fringed shirts of this type are not typical Hopi dress. may be used to represent Plains Indian.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
sleeve to sleeve— height 98 centimeters and sleeve to sleeve— width 135 centimeters