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Skin Dress
Object Number 72-20-10/6877
Display Title Skin Dress
Descriptions
Indigenous Term SiLkyo:s-kya' or xoche-kya' (Hupa)
Object Description Skin dress. Worn by Indian women. This dress is a kind of petticoat. It is put on with the opening in front which is a covered by a kind of apron. These dresses are worn of festive occassions, when the Indians have grand occassions.
Inventory Description Leather dress, long fringe, geometric quillwork design, ties
Classification
  • Dress
  • Raw Material
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Hupa?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / California
Additional Geographic Terms California, north: Hoopa Valley?
Materials Leather, Quill
Dimensions Overall: 118 x 84 cm (46 7/16 x 33 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Provenance
Collector Unknown
Donor Museum of Comparative Zoology (1872)

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