National Museum of the American Indian

Title

National Museum of the American Indian

Alternative Title

NMAI

Spatial Coverage

Washington DC

Access Rights

Open Access

Collection Items

Female Doll with Red Shortgown
Doll wears red shortgown over black wool skirt with two rows of purple ribbon trim.

Female Doll with Leather Pouch
Female doll wears red blouse over blue wrap around skirt. Purse attached to belt at waist.

Woolen Skirt with Sky Dome Beadwork at Hem
Black or navy blue woolen skirt with dirndl waist and linear beadwork around hem. Tricolor beadwork motifs include sky dome and crosses.

Red Stroud Skirt with Ottertail Ribbonwork
Red stroud skirt with selvedge at top and ottertail ribbonwork around hem and on side of wrap around.

Female Doll with Rainbow Selvege Skirt
Female doll wears red skirt with blue broadcloth rainbow selvedge at hem and blue blouse with brooches and flounce collar.

Turkey Red Blouse with Silver Brooches
Turkey red blouse with large flounce collar and silver brooches and cotton tape trim.

Cloth Doll Wearing Black Strap Dress Ensemble
Female doll has stuffed cloth body with face sewn on. She is wearing a strap dress of black woollen fabric with green wool tape straps decorated with otter tail beadwork in red seed beads. She also wears black woolen leggings and sleeves, trimmed…

Black Sateen Sleeves with Linear Beadwork
Pair of strap dress sleeves made from cotton sateen, held together at the center back by a short panel of solid applique beadwork with four equidistant crosses. Two horizontal and seven vertical panels of diamond mesh linear beadwork over ribbon.

Portrait of Michele Buckshot Seated on a Chair
Mrs. Michele Buckshot dressed in traditional clothing at Maniwaki, Quebec

Woman Standing on Doorstep of Wooden Building
A female descendant of Maungwadaus wears pageant regalia consisting of a Haudenosaunee style skirt with a tunic that has deep pointed scallops at hem and sleeve cuffs. She wears Maungwadaus's bear tooth necklace and a bandolier bag made in the unique…
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