Culture/People:

probably Oglala Lakota (Oglala Sioux) (attributed)  Search this

Presenter/funding source:

Thea Heye (Thea Kowne/Mrs. Dorothea Page/Mrs. George Gustav Heye), Non-Indian, 1888-1935  Search this

Object Name:

Woman's dress

Media/Materials:

Hide, glass bead/beads, metal bead/beads, sinew

Techniques:

Sewn, lazy/lane stitch beadwork, strung, fringed

Dimensions:

135 x 184 cm

Object Type:

Clothing/Garments

Place:

Pine Ridge Reservation; Jackson County, Oglala Lakota County; South Dakota; USA

Date created:

circa 1880

Collection History:

Collection history unknown; purchased by MAI in 1923 from an unknown source using funds donated by Thea (Mrs. George) Heye.

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Catalog Number:

12/640

Barcode:

120640.000

See related items:

Oglala Lakota (Oglala Sioux)

Clothing/Garments

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws659f919a9-5bba-4d9a-9d63-35599ed7e38f

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:NMAI_129899