Model Deerhide Strap Dress and Sleeves

Skinner_Model_dress_1909.tiff

Title

Model Deerhide Strap Dress and Sleeves

Identifier

50/7999

Description

Full size Indigenous cured and smoked deerhide strap dress and sleeves. No decorations.

Date Created

1909

Source

Anishinaabe-Saulteaux

Spatial Coverage

Mishkeegogamang First Nation; Osnaburgh Indian Reserve #63B

Abstract

This is described as a "model" dress in the exhibit text where it is on display in the Plains Hall at AMNH in New York. The registrar record also has a pair of leggings noted, but these are not on display.

Provenance

Commisssioned and collected by Alanson B. Skinner on a collecting expedition for AMNH.

Subject

strap dress

References

Clark Wissler. 1915. COSTUMES OF THE PLAINS INDIANS. ANTHROPOLOGICAL PAPERS. Volume 17.

Type

Heritage Item

Coverage

51.21681,-90.18345 (N 51°13′01″ W 90°11′00″)

Citation

“Model Deerhide Strap Dress and Sleeves,” Mapping Anishinaabe Regalia, accessed November 13, 2024, https://iris.siue.edu/anishinaaberegalia/items/show/19.