A CROW BEADED HIDE CHILD'S ROBE

BY MELODY HARRIS

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A CROW BEADED HIDE CHILD'S ROBE
BY MELODY HARRIS
Slightly smoked Indian tanned deer hide with rows of beadwork across the length of hide done in dark blue, white, light blue, red, yellow, and green seed beads, two rosettes at the top, tie strings done in concentric circles of red, white, and dark blue seed beads, five fringes of transparent light blue crow beads with a deer toe hoof and red yarn attached at bottom
41 x 32in. (104.1 x 81.2cm.)

展覽

"Old and New Materpieces", Traveling exhibition including the C.M. Russell Museum, Great Falls, Montana, Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Alberta, Sun Valley Center for the Arts and Humanities, Sun Valley, Idaho, Sweeney Center, Santa Fe, New Mexico.

拍品專文

"While there are certain stylistic similarities among Crow women's beaded robes, they also exhibit remarkable variation, a testimony to the vitality of this artistic tradition. Their common characteristics include parallel beaded stripes that run horizontally across a full hide; vertical color panels to further divide the central design area; the use of light blue beads; and the incorporation of small areas and beads of contrasting colors to divide the central color areas and to finish the outer edges of the design" (Merritt, 1988, p. 41).

For a more comprehensive discussion and comparison of Crow women's robes see, "To Honor the Crow People", Chicago, 1988.