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Object Number
985-27-10/60417
Display Title
Sioux child's buckskin dress.
Descriptions
Object Description
Sioux child's buckskin dress. Flakes at bottom. Pairs of thongs hang from dress in 2 rows on front and back. Fringe at bottom. Top of dress front and back completely beaded in lazystitch pattern. Light blue ground w/ 3 vertical design areas of rectangles w/ squares of different colors. 82x105 cm
Inventory Description
Dress, beaded top of square design on blue ground, fringe on sleeve and bottom
Classification
- Dress
Department
Ethnographic
Date
19th century
Culture
- Sioux
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
Materials
Leather, Glass, Buckskin
Dimensions
Overall: 83 x 101 x 1 cm (32 11/16 x 39 3/4 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
985-27-10/60417, 24909
Provenance
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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