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Object Number 987-24-10/60642
Display Title Four piece woman's costume: tunic, vest, leggings, and "apron".
Descriptions
Object Description Four piece woman's costume: tunic, vest, leggings, and "apron". Tunic made of brown woven cloth with fringe around sleeves and bottom and patches of beadwork on sleeves (red, blue, green, white). Vest of black velvet with symmetrical floral pattern, trimmed in fuschia-colored cloth (trim greatly deteriorated). Apron of black velvet with similar floral motif and belt of beaded leather with tiny US flags and words "Belt 1915" in design.
Inventory Description Woman's outfit, beaded floral designs on black velvet, brown cloth under, belt w
Classification
  • Costume
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Sioux
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / North Dakota
Additional Geographic Terms Sioux Indian Devils Lake Reservation
Dimensions Overall: 67.5 x 45.2 x 4.7 cm (26 9/16 x 17 13/16 x 1 7/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 987-24-10/60642
Provenance
Collector Alexandria V. Dexter (1915)
Donor Edythe Dexter (1987)

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