Woman's Dress or Manta Item Number: 08.491.8955 from the Brooklyn Museum
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).
Credit Line
Museum Collection Fund
Item History
- Made between 1800 and 1899
What
- Name
- Woman's Dress or Manta
- Identification Number
- 08.491.8955
- Type of Item
- dress and or
- Material
- hand-spun wool
- Overall
- length 43.75 in, width 50.75 in
Where
- Holding Institution
- Brooklyn Museum
When
- Creation Date
- between 1800 and 1899
Other
- Classification
- Clothing