Dress

50-15-1

From: Montana

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 50-15-1
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Nez Perce
Provenience Montana
Culture Area Great Plains Culture Area
Section American
Materials Elkskin | Bead
Description

Woman's Dress. Elkskin.Triple band of red, white, and black pony beads across top front and back, attached with "lazy stitches." Front: top row discontinued in centre section, 2nd row rises to allow space for elk's tail, an extra row (inserted only in this section), and the bottom row dips below tail. Fringes at sides and bottom. Skin "streamers" inserted in single row below yoke, and triple row above bottom.

Length 139 cm
Width 141 cm
Credit Line Gift of J. Monroe Thorington, 1950

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