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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.226.
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. 244.
Culture
Hopi
Manta
Date1900-1925
MediumCotton, kaolin?
DimensionsOverall: 64 × 50 in. (162.6 × 127 cm)
Object numberT0430
Credit LineGift of Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw
Photograph by Richard Walker
Label TextHopi women receive two white cotton mantas when they marry. During the wedding the bride wears one and holds the other, along with the white wedding sash, in a rolled bundle. The bride keeps one manta to accompany her in death. She uses the other as she pleases and often richly embroiders it. The application of fine white clay enhanced the whiteness of the garment.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.226.
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. 244.
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