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use, but is worn in full dress and in ceremonies (fig. Sla, b, c). Un- 

 married girls, however, wear it when out walking, and matrons don 



it on gala occasions or during 

 ceremonies. Within the last 15 

 years Hopi women have begun to 

 wear a length of gay cotton print 

 in the manner of the Mexican 

 rebosa or the Spanish mantilla. It 

 is like these also, a versatile gar- 

 ment as to the methods of wearing 

 it, and adds a bit of style to the 

 rather primly clad and demure 

 maidens and young matrons. The 

 blanket worn as part of the mar- 

 riage ceremony, and which becomes 

 the woman's choicest possession, is 

 woven of white cotton. It is care- 

 fully woven, so as to be a perfect 

 example of the weaver's skill (fig. 

 22«). It measures 48 by 58 inches, 

 is 'quite heavy, the weaving being 

 like canvas, and requires the tieing 

 FiG."2i.-«,6, METHOD OF WEARING THE SHOULDER stHngs obscrvcd on thc uppcr edge. 



BLANKET. C, SHOULDER BLANKET. ^ . 



The corners are sometimes rein- 

 forced with yellow yarn. It is rolled in a reed mat (fig. 225 ) . After the 

 marriage ceremony the blanket is heavily embroidered with worsteds 



Fig. 22.— a. White cotton wedding blanket, b, wedding blanket rolled in bed mat. 



in pleasing color and designs and heavy tassels are fastened to the 

 corners. The Hopi married woman's hair is parted with a straight 



