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Object Number
52-27-10/33523
Display Title
Deerskin skirt. Made of dyed leather with fringe. Decorated with metal jingles
Descriptions
Object Description
Deerskin skirt. Made of dyed leather with fringe. Decorated with metal jingles and red, white, and blue beadwork. Worn either by a girl at her puberty ceremony; or by men performers during dance. Type of bead suggests the years right around 1900.
Inventory Description
Skirt, leather applique top, red,white, blue designs, fringed with metal tinkler
Classification
- Skirt
Department
Ethnographic
Date
ca. 1900
Culture
- Mescalero
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
New Mexico
Materials
Leather, Metal, Glass, Deerskin, Tin
Dimensions
Overall: 122.6 x 70 x 6.5 cm (48 1/4 x 27 9/16 x 2 9/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
52-27-10/33523
Provenance
Collector
Denver Art Museum
(Unknown)
Intermediary
Mr. Frederic H. Douglas
(05/06/1952)
Exchange participant
Denver Art Museum
(1952)
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