A PLATEAU BEADED AND FRINGED HIDE DRESS

POSSIBLY YAKIMA

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A PLATEAU BEADED AND FRINGED HIDE DRESS
POSSIBLY YAKIMA
In a classic style, with open sleeves and broad yoke, decorated with red, black and white pony beads in a scalloped pattern, pendants of shell accents below, finely cut fringe accenting the skirt, cut panels of furred hide remaining on the sleeves and hem
51in. (129.5cm.) long

拍品專文

Pony beaded with bands of color, this early dress makes a strong visual statement. With the rows of beadwork following the contours of the folded hide at the top, we have undulating lines of color topping fringes of beads. In the central area, above the beadwork, we can see the tail of the deer with clipped hair still attached which typifies these early dresses. For similar examples see one collected in 1846 by Rev. Henry H. Spalding and currently in the Nez Perce National Monument Museum in Spalding, Idaho, (Wright (ed.), Washington, 1991 and Ackerman (ed.), Oklahoma, 1996).

Paul Raczka March 14, 2000