Dress

NA3564

From: Great Plains (Plain)

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number NA3564
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Blackfeet
Provenience Great Plains (Plain)
Culture Area Great Plains Culture Area
Section American
Materials Skin | Bead | Elk Tooth (uncertain)
Description

Woman's dress, made of hide, fringe along all edges. Band along the bottom in triangle forms of blue with a ground of white, beaded. Upper body decorated in rows of teeth, one row of blue and white hanging beads. Blue, white, red and black geometric designs on a blue background along the neck and shoulders. Red collar.

Length 119 cm
Width 110 cm
Credit Line Purchased from the Indian Exhibits Company, 1915
Other Number G548 - Other Number

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