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Sioux Artist
Vest, c. 1890
Beads on leather
20 7/8 x 17 5/8 in. (53.02 x 44.77 cm)
Creation Place:
North America, Native American, Dakotas and Minnesota
Technique:
Leatherworking and beadworking
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Edward H. Angle
Accession Number:
P2025
Buckskin vest with cloth lining and brown cloth edging. Completely beaded with multi-colored angle patterns on white. "Patrick W. Bitter" beaded across the front.
Materials
Leather and glass beads
Commentary
Breaded vests were popular among the Oglala Sioux in the mid-1870s, the years immediately preceding the Battle of the Little Big Horn (Wildschut and Ewers, 1959). Sioux geometric patterns were often combined with English initials and names on Reservation-era vests.
Bibliography
Kay Koeninger and Joanne M. Mack, "Native American Art from the Permanent Collection" (Claremont: Galleries of the Claremont Colleges, 1979), 72 (illustrated/bw) fig. 235.
Marks
The name "PATRICK W. BITTER" is worked in blue beads across the front of the vest.
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Exhibition List
This object was included in the following exhibitions:
- Ways of Seeing/Exhibiting American Indian Art: The Pomona College Collection Montgomery Gallery , 1/19/1994 - 3/20/1994
Dimensions
- Overall Dimensions: 20 7/8 x 17 5/8 in. (53.02 x 44.77 cm) Measured by Hudson, Karen
Bibliography List
This object has the following bibliographic references:
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Native American Art from the Permanent Collection.
Native American Art from the Permanent Collection
Galleries of the Claremont Colleges.
Claremont, CA, 1979
Page Number: 72, Figure Number: 235
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