Photograph by Addison Doty. Copright 2012 School for Advanced Research.
Legging ties | eni:t'sana
Date: c. 1929
Artist or Maker: Unknown
Dimensions:
6 x 73.7 cm (2 3/8 x 29 in.)
Medium: wool | dyes
Credit Line: Indian Arts Fund purchase for the permanent collection, 1929.
Place Made:
Zuni Pueblo, McKinley County, New Mexico, Southwest, United States, North America
Object Number: IAF.T41
Not on view
Tribal Collection Review RemarksJim Enote and Octavius Seowtewa during collection review visit June 10 and 11, 2009 (Events Record “Collection Review: Zuni Tribe, Review 2”): These are leg bands that would be used to hold up various types of leggings (leather fringe leggings or legging wraps, for example). The record contains a 2/17/2000 note by Aric Chopito that says they are called eni:we in Zuni. Mr. Enote and Mr. Seowtewa said that because of their narrow width, they should be called eni:t’sana. (“We” translates to “wide”, while “t’sana” translates to “small.”)
In Collection(s)
Bibliography:
Pueblo Indian Textiles
- Pg. 79
- Fig. Plate 22
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