Ethnological Textile Collections

HOPI SASHES

Dates: 1900 - 1920
Material: Top: 4-ply Germantown wool; Bottom: Commercial cotton string with 4-ply Germantown wool used in brocading
Catalog No.: Top: 5427; Bottom: 80

The brocaded dance sash is from Oraibi, Third Mesa, Arizona. The narrow sash was collected at Walpi, First Mesa, Arizona. The Hopi men wove articles for both everyday and ceremonial use. Today there are few active Hopi weavers.