Stroud Strap Dress with Five Beaded Rows

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Title

Stroud Strap Dress with Five Beaded Rows

Identifier

1970.425

Description

The body of this blue stroud strap dress is made with the grain going sideways and the selvedge used as decorative motif at hem and bottom of chest flap. The straps and an extension to the hem are made of red stroud with the selvedge showing prominently. There are five horizontal lines made of white seed beads in lane stitch near the hem.

Source

Plains Cree

Abstract

This dress has been displayed at Denver Art Museum with the sleeves (1968.206). However, they were not collected or aquired together. There is no provenance, so the attributions are speculative.

Medium

Stroud, seed beads, woolen tape.

Provenance

Museum Purchase from George Terasaki, 10/02/1970. Note that Willmott (2022, 156) incorrectly states it was acquired in 2017.

References

Cory Willmott. 2022. Decolonizing the Museum to Reclaim and Revitalize the Anishinaabe Strap Dress. Winterthur Portfolio 55(2):156.

Physical Dimensions

length, 43.5 in, 110.4900 cm; width, 34 in, 86.3600 cm

Item Name

dress

Collection

Citation

“Stroud Strap Dress with Five Beaded Rows,” Mapping Anishinaabe Regalia, accessed November 13, 2024, https://iris.siue.edu/anishinaaberegalia/items/show/63.