Description:

Native American, southwestern United States, Pueblo Indians, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A nicely preserved dance kilt formed from a hand-tanned deerskin and painted with colorful pigment to create the visually captivating iconography. Central to the kilt is a serpentine Avanyu with a curved horn and barbed tongue above a red-hued lower border. Above the Avanyu are red and blue clouds with black 'rain' beneath and lightning bolts projecting from either side. A blue crescent moon and a squinting yellow face are on opposite ends of a line of X's representing warriors in defensive stances, and a pair of slender step pyramids are below each symbol. Two straps near the upper corners allow the wearer to cinch the kilt to their waist. The Avanyu represents lightning, so this kilt was perhaps worn for dances to pray for rain and garner protection from lightning and other malevolent meteorological phenomena. Size: 46.75" L x 30.75" W (118.7 cm x 78.1 cm)

Provenance: private Glorieta, New Mexico, USA collection

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#155381

  • Condition: Fading and abrasions to pigmentation, with expected desiccation commensurate with age, light staining, fraying to some tassels, and a couple of small perforations, otherwise intact and excellent. Wonderful remains of pigment across obverse.

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