Black Calico Shortgown with Orange Print and Silver Brooches

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Title

Black Calico Shortgown with Orange Print and Silver Brooches

Identifier

50 / 9799

Description

Shortgown of cotton print fabric, sewn with sleeves in one piece with the body. Two kinds of silver brooches decorate the front in a symetrical pattern.

Date Created

1850-1910

Source

Menominee

Spatial Coverage

Menominee Reservation, WI

Abstract

Entered in registrar as "woman's old style calico waist with brooches." CW photographed on site. Note the cut with sleeves all in one, showing horizontal stripes all along the arm. This corresponds with Eastman's depictions.

Medium

Cotton print fabric, silver brooches, cotton or linen thread

Provenance

Collected by Alanson Skinner on expedition.

Subject

southern style

Coverage

45.00492, -88.7116 (N 45°00′18″ W 88°42′42″)

Access Rights

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Citation

“Black Calico Shortgown with Orange Print and Silver Brooches,” Mapping Anishinaabe Regalia, accessed November 13, 2024, https://iris.siue.edu/anishinaaberegalia/items/show/31.