Object Details
Culture/People
Sahnish (Arikara)
Collector
Melvin R. Gilmore (Melvin Randolph Gilmore), Non-Indian, 1868-1940
Collection History
Collected in 1924 by Melvin R. Gilmore (1868-1940, MAI staff member) during MAI-sponsored fieldwork.
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Date created
circa 1840
Catalog Number
12/8931
Barcode
128931.000
Object Type
Clothing/Garments
Object Name
Woman's dress
Media/Materials
Mountain sheep hide/skin, pigment/pigments, sinew
Techniques
Painted, sewn, aboriginally repaired
Dimensions
187 x 152.5 cm
Place
Fort Berthold Reservation; Dunn County, McLean County, McKenzie County, Mountrail County, Mercer County; North Dakota; USA
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Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Link to Original Record
Record ID
NMAI_138643