Woman's Dress or Manta
Arts of the Americas
MAKER
Navajo
MEDIUM
Hand-spun wool
DATES
19th century
DIMENSIONS
43 3/4 x 50 3/4 in. (111.1 x 128.9 cm) (show scale)
COLLECTIONS
Arts of the Americas
ACCESSION NUMBER
08.491.8955
CREDIT LINE
Museum Collection Fund
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
This extremely fine dress was collected from a Zuni girl in Ojo Caliente in the summer of 1895. The diamond twill borders and designs woven in red are characteristic of Navajo mantas that were worn as dresses and shawls by Pueblo women (mainly at Acoma and Zuni between about 1850-1880).
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
Navajo. Woman's Dress or Manta, 19th century. Hand-spun wool, 43 3/4 x 50 3/4 in. (111.1 x 128.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Collection Fund, 08.491.8955. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 08.491.8955.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, 08.491.8955.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph
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