Object Details
Culture/People
Hunkpapa Lakota (Hunkpapa Sioux)
Collector
Margaret R. Elliott, Non-Indian, 1887-1976
Previous owner
Margaret R. Elliott, Non-Indian, 1887-1976
Seller
Margaret R. Elliott, Non-Indian, 1887-1976
Collection History
Collected circa 1920 by Margaret R. Elliott (1887-1976) while she worked as a nurse and missionary in Cannon Ball, North Dakota; purchased by MAI from Miss Elliott in 1963.
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Date created
circa 1910
Catalog Number
23/2977
Barcode
232977.000
Object Type
Clothing/Garments
Object Name
Woman's dress
Media/Materials
Wool cloth, cowrie shell/shells, silk ribbon, glass bead/beads, sequins, cotton cloth, thread
Techniques
Sewn, lazy/lane stitch beadwork
Dimensions
137.5 x 134.2 cm
Place
Cannon Ball, Standing Rock Reservation; Sioux County; North Dakota; USA
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Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Link to Original Record
Record ID
NMAI_248179