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Object Number
985-27-10/60419
Display Title
Sioux woman's buckskin dress with beaded yoke.
Descriptions
Object Description
Sioux woman's buckskin dress. Lazystitch beadwork across front, back and shoulder. Turquoise ground w/ 2 triangles. 3 abstract figures in red, possibly representing horses. Border around turquoise. Dress flares at bottom. 155x140 cm.
Inventory Description
Dress, beaded yoke design, leather body, fringed, soiled.
Classification
- Dress
Department
Ethnographic
Date
19th century
Culture
- Sioux
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
Materials
Glass, Buckskin
Dimensions
Overall: 129 x 129 x 1 cm (50 13/16 x 50 13/16 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
985-27-10/60419, 24908
Provenance
Provenance
Plenty Horses
Collector
General George Crook
Collector
William Radcliff Morris
(1878-1893 - 1930)
Collector
William H. Claflin, Jr.
(1930)
Donor
Estate of William H. Claflin, Jr.
(1985)
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