Dress

Museum number:
2-10761
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020010761
Alternate number:
15 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.562
Description:
Top and bottom third red Bayeta with blue terraced designs; center panel solid brown. "Very old [women's] dress, Balleta somewhat damaged." Spier thinks this is Mexican make.
Donor:
Estate of Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Southwestern United States
Verbatim coll. place:
Southwest
Culture or time period:
Navajo
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
September 10, 1920
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Dresses (garments)
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
1920
Context of use:
Worn by woman.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 60 inches and width 50 inches
Comment:
Native name: "manta
Loans:
S1973-1974 #8: Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History (July 25, 1973–September 19, 1973)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Dress, accession number 2-10761, described as Top and bottom third red Bayeta with blue terraced designs; center panel solid brown. "Very old [women's] dress, Balleta somewhat damaged." Spier thinks this is Mexican make.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Dress, accession number 2-10761, described as Top and bottom third red Bayeta with blue terraced designs; center panel solid brown. "Very old [women's] dress, Balleta somewhat damaged." Spier thinks this is Mexican make.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Dress, accession number 2-10761, described as Top and bottom third red Bayeta with blue terraced designs; center panel solid brown. "Very old [women's] dress, Balleta somewhat damaged." Spier thinks this is Mexican make.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Dress, accession number 2-10761, described as Top and bottom third red Bayeta with blue terraced designs; center panel solid brown. "Very old [women's] dress, Balleta somewhat damaged." Spier thinks this is Mexican make.

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