Dress
| Object Number: | 45-15-266 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Arapaho (uncertain) Cheyenne (uncertain) |
| Provenience: | Plains (Culture Area) |
| Culture Area: | Great Plains Culture Area |
| Section: | American |
| Materials: | Buckskin Glass Cowrie Shell Tin Brass |
| Technique: | Beaded |
| Iconography: | Lizard |
| Length: | 63 cm |
| Width: | 59 cm |
| Credit Line: | Purchased from Mrs. Owen Stephens, 1945 |
Description
Narrow band of beading around neck and along shoulder, pink and black design on white. Similar band across the body from wrist to wrist. Skirt with two rows of cowries, pendqnt on thongs. Scalloped beading, fringe at bottom with tinklers at sides, small beaded lizard charm pendant of large brass beads on breast.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| Discovering the Past: Highlights from the University Museum (IBM) (20 Jun 1989 - 20 Aug 1989) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| Native American Voices: The People - Here and Now (01 Mar 2014) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
| [Catalogue, Collection] Williams, Lucy F. 2003. Guide to the North American Ethnographic Collection at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.. Philadelphia. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 70, pl. 78 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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