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Woman's dress

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  • Woman's dress
  • Woman's dress
  • Woman's dress

    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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    Sahnish (Arikara)
    Clothing/Garments

    Data Source

    National Museum of the American Indian

    Metadata Usage

    CC0

    Link to Original Record

    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws69fe17d08-0395-4668-910f-11a830aae734

    Record ID

    NMAI_138643

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