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Girl's dress  (Clothing/Garments)  "circa 1910"

Courtesy of National Museum of the American Indian



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Time Period:

1900-1920

Materials:

Deerhide/deerskin, metal cones, glass bead/beads, pigment/pigments, canvas, sinew, thread

Techniques:

Sewn, lazy/lane stitch beadwork, painted

Dimensions:

117 x 97 cm

Cultures:

American Indians, Central Plains, Great Basin, Native Americans, North America, Plains, Southern Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne), Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne), Ute

State:

Colorado

Country:

USA

Collection History:

Collection history unknown; possibly collected by Major General Alfred E. Bates (ca. 1841-1909, US Army cavalry officer and Army paymaster) or his daughter Henrietta (Mrs. Frederick Hiester Brooke, 1878-1967, former president of the Girl Scouts of America); donated to MAI by Mrs. Brooke in 1966.

Source ID:

NMAI_254196

Catalog Number:

23/8565

Album Name:

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