Woman's Manta (tu'i hi)

late 19th century/early 20th century

Medium/TechniqueWool plain weave with continuous supplementary patterning wefts; 2-ply cotton wefts; wool binding threads at edges

DimensionsHeight x width: 63.5 × 81.3 cm (25 × 32 in.)

Credit LineGift of the Estate of Bertram J. Malenka

Accession number2019.673

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InscriptionsWritten on paper tag tied to corner: "George Dudley Seymour Collection (*Connecticut Historical Society) PUEBLO CREMONIAL BLANKET (Hopi). Handwoven wool blanket is embroidered with red green and purple wool in stripes containing squares and patterns of triangle. Blanket is edged with black [striked] (dark blue) wool. 32 x 25 inches. Records still available at CHS."

ProvenanceGeorge Dudley Seymour (b. 1859– d. 1945), New Haven, CT; 1945, upon his death, donated to the Connecticut Historical Society, Hartford; 1976, deaccessioned by the Connecticut Historical Society and sold, August 27, 1977, Westminster Auction Acres, Westminster, MA, lot 438, to Bertram J. Malenka (b. 1923 – d. 2018) and Ruth S. Malenka (b. 1926 – d. 2015), Belmont, MA; 2019, gift of the estate of Bertram J. Malenka to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 19, 2019)