Black Broadcloth Skirt with Bead and Ribbonwork Trim

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Title

Black Broadcloth Skirt with Bead and Ribbonwork Trim

Identifier

50.1/ 7606

Description

Black woolen cloth wrap-around skirt with wide silk ribbon decorating one side and hem. Linear floral beadwork is sewn on top of the ribbon. The skirt is tied with a string at the waist and falls to about midway down the wearer's legs.

Date Created

1850-1914

Source

Abenaki or Penobscot

Spatial Coverage

Penobscot County, Old Town, ME

Abstract

Abenaki are not federally recognized, and so have become absorbed into other members of the Wabanaki Confederacy (Penobscot, Maliseets, Passamaquody, Micmac).

Medium

Black broadcloth, silk ribbon, glass seed beads

Provenance

Collected from Gabriel A. Paul for AMNH on an expedition to Maine in 1914.

Subject

southern style

Coverage

45.4697, -68.67247 (N 45°28′11″ W 68°40′21″)

Access Rights

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Citation

“Black Broadcloth Skirt with Bead and Ribbonwork Trim,” Mapping Anishinaabe Regalia, accessed November 13, 2024, https://iris.siue.edu/anishinaaberegalia/items/show/35.