Lot Essay
Feder dates this dress c. 1890 and notes it is one of the few surviving dresses from the Southern Plains with cowrie shell ornament.
Details
A FINE KIOWA BEADED HIDE DRESS
Open sided yoke painted yellow with orange band around the neckline, rows of cowrie shells on the front and back, two tubular pendants of red wool covering fibre with beadwork wrap affixed to chest, bottom of the yoke scalloped, skirt of slightly flaring form towards the bottom, bottom edge painted green with beadwork along the bottom trim, across skirt's midsection trimming the bottom of yoke and neckline, thin fringe along all edges of the dress
54in. (137cm.) high
Open sided yoke painted yellow with orange band around the neckline, rows of cowrie shells on the front and back, two tubular pendants of red wool covering fibre with beadwork wrap affixed to chest, bottom of the yoke scalloped, skirt of slightly flaring form towards the bottom, bottom edge painted green with beadwork along the bottom trim, across skirt's midsection trimming the bottom of yoke and neckline, thin fringe along all edges of the dress
54in. (137cm.) high
Provenance
The L. Drew Bax Collection
Sotheby's New York, Nov. 1989, lot 155.
Sotheby's New York, Nov. 1989, lot 155.
Literature
Feder, 1984, figure 31 (color illustration).