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Woman's wedding dress/outfit

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  • Woman's wedding dress/outfit
  • Epaulet/epaulets; Woman's wedding dress/outfit
  • Woman's wedding dress/outfit

    Object Details

    Culture/People

    Osage

    Previous owner

    Joe F. Haines (Joseph Forrest Haines), Non-Indian, 1904-1978

    Previous seller

    Fannie Mae Beartrack Donelson, Osage/Southern Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne), 1933-2013

    Previous owner

    Fannie Mae Beartrack Donelson, Osage/Southern Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne), 1933-2013
    Mary Morrell Redeagle (Mah grah lump pah/Mary Redeagle Beartrack/Mrs. Frederick Red Eagle/Mrs. Paul C. Beartrack), Osage, 1900-1963

    Collection History

    Worn by Mary Morrell Redeagle (1900-1963) for her marriage to Paul C. Beartrack (Southern Cheyenne) in 1927 or 1928; inherited by Mary's daughter Fannie Mae Beartrack Donelson (Osage/Southern Cheyenne, 1933-2013); purchased by Joe Forrest Haines (1904-1978, a Tulsa businessman and collector of Native items) from Fannie Mae Donelson in 1966; acquired by MAI through an exchange with Joe Haines in 1967.

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    Date created

    1927-1928

    Catalog Number

    23/7300

    Barcode

    237300.001

    Object Type

    Ceremonial/Ritual items

    Object Name

    Woman's wedding dress/outfit

    Media/Materials

    Satin, feather/feathers, hide, cotton cloth, ribbon, german silver ("nickel silver"/copper-nickel alloy), glass bead/beads

    Techniques

    Incised, strung, overlay beadwork

    Dimensions

    115.5 x 104 cm

    Place

    Oklahoma; USA

    See related items

    Osage
    Ceremonial/Ritual items

    Data Source

    National Museum of the American Indian

    Metadata Usage

    CC0

    Link to Original Record

    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6bc3669d1-b02e-4d81-be18-ff9a5690985e

    Record ID

    NMAI_252807

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