Hopi Indigo Diamond Twill Bordered Dress with Embroidery, c.1900

Item: HOR5371
Material: Handspun and Commercial Wool
Size: 39" x 25
Period: Historic
Origin: Hopi Pueblo

This is a traditional Hopi manta dress woven entirely in handspun wool with a diagonal twill woven field in dark brown, and horizontal borders of diamond twill in indigo blue. The borders are accentuated with commercial plied wool embroidery in green and red.

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