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Woman's dress

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  • Woman's dress

    Object Details

    Culture/People

    Numakiki (Mandan)

    Collector

    Dr. James L. Neave, Non-Indian, 1849-1934

    Previous owner

    Dr. James L. Neave, Non-Indian, 1849-1934

    Donor

    Margaret Neave Boswell (Margaret R. Neave), Non-Indian, 1891-1985
    Pierson M. Neave (Pierson Mitchell Neave), Non-Indian, 1880-1967

    Collection History

    Collected by Dr. James L. Neave (1849-1934, a physician at Fort Berthold between 1878 and 1885); donated to MAI by his children, Margaret Neave Boswell (1891-1985) and Pierson M. Neave (1880-1967), in 1936.

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    Date created

    circa 1880

    Catalog Number

    19/628

    Barcode

    190628.000

    Object Type

    Clothing/Garments

    Object Name

    Woman's dress

    Media/Materials

    Cotton cloth, thread

    Techniques

    Sewn

    Dimensions

    125 x 137.3 cm

    Place

    Fort Berthold Reservation; Dunn County, McLean County, McKenzie County, Mountrail County, Mercer County; North Dakota; USA

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    Numakiki (Mandan)
    Clothing/Garments

    Data Source

    National Museum of the American Indian

    Metadata Usage

    CC0

    Link to Original Record

    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6aaf375ec-ff48-4244-b2ad-c640e9e7678e

    Record ID

    NMAI_203899

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