Stroud Strap Dress with Five Beaded Rows
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 September 19, 2024, https://iris.siue.edu/anishinaaberegalia/items/show/63.