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Cheyenne Artist
Child's Dress, c. 1930
Beads on leather
x 24 7/16 in. ( x 62 cm)
Creation Place:
North America, Native American
Technique:
Leatherworking and beadworking
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Abernethy
Accession Number:
P5242
Soft, pale buckskin with thin fringe on all edges. Floral Beadwork on neck. Red, white, and blue ribbons tied to fringe across front. An example of a combination of themes: Midwestern beading and South Plains construction and mescal beads. Can be dated by lack of painting- R. Conn.
Materials
leather, mescal beans and glass beads
Attribution
Can be dated by lack of painting- See R. Conn Report (1978)
Commentary
Mescal beans are traditional ornaments for clothing of the Southern Plains groups. THe abstract floral beadwork and ribbon decoration reflect design influences of relocated Midwestern peoples. -from the Native American Art from the Permanent Collection catalog, 1979
Bibliography
Kay Koeninger and Joanne M. Mack, "Native American Art from the Permanent Collection" (Claremont: Galleries of the Claremont Colleges, 1979), 76, fig. 259.
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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: 76, Figure Number: 259
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