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Exhibition History
ProvenanceGerald Peters, Santa Fe, New Mexico
BibliographyVincent, Gilbert et al. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2000, p.230.
Fognell, Eva and Alexander Brier Marr, eds. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection at the Fenimore Art Museum, 2nd ed. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2016, p. 240.
Culture
Hopi
Sash
Date1900-1925
MediumCotton, corn husks
DimensionsOverall: 6 × 52 in. (15.2 × 132.1 cm)
Object numberT0429
Credit LineGift of Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw
Photograph by Richard Walker
Label TextWedding sashes were also known as rain sashes because the long fringes represent falling rain. Like the union of a man and woman, the rain symbolizes fertility and renewal in deserts of the southwest.Exhibition History
ProvenanceGerald Peters, Santa Fe, New Mexico
BibliographyVincent, Gilbert et al. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2000, p.230.
Fognell, Eva and Alexander Brier Marr, eds. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection at the Fenimore Art Museum, 2nd ed. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2016, p. 240.
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