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Woman's Manta

Woman's Manta

Public Domain

Artist
CultureDiné (Navajo)
Titles
  • Woman's Manta
Date1880–1890
PlaceArizona, United States
MediumWool and cotton
DimensionsOverall: 39 3/4 × 47 3/8 in. (101 × 120.3 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by First Interstate Bank of Texas, N.A. at "One Great Night in November, 1990"
Object number90.504
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas
Object Type
ProvenanceHenry Chee Dodge (1860–1947), by d. 1947; by inheritance to Ben Peshlakai; purchased by the Woodard Family, Gallup, NM, 1956–1990; sold through [Two Stars Collection, Houston]; purchased by MFAH, 1990.

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89.64
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Unknown
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c. late 18th - early 19th century
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Overall recto
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late 19th–early 20th century
Cotton with silk floss embroidery
2024.726
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John Redick
Woven Tied Beiderwand Coverlet
1852
Cotton and wool, Jacquard-loom-woven
B.83.6
Short Poncho
Unknown Central and South American
Short Poncho
100 BC–300 AD
Camelid wool yarns and natural dyes
2016.59
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Ira Hadsell
Double-weave Coverlet
1851
Cotton and wool, Jacquard-loom-woven
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Wall Hanging (Palampore)
Unknown Indian
Wall Hanging (Palampore)
18th century
Cotton (plain weave), hand-drawn, mordant-dyed and resist-dyed
2024.516
Plate
Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory
Plate
1784
Soft-paste porcelain
2008.349
Shawl Made into a Cover
Unknown Indian
Shawl Made into a Cover
19th century
Wool with silk embroidery
33.16
Selendang
Unknown Indonesian
Selendang
1800–1850
Silk, gold, and silver thread
97.128
Image Not Available for Pair of Beaded Hide Moccasins
Unknown North American
Pair of Beaded Hide Moccasins
c. 1890-1910
Hide, beads
2025.784.A,.B
Overall open
Jacob Joshua Katzigin
Mahzor (Festival Prayer Book) for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur According to the Rite of Asti, Fossano, and Moncalvo
1800
Ink on laid paper in gilt-tooled brown leather cover with brass clasps
2023.610
Unknown North American