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Dress
Maker
Inconnu / Unknown
Marks or LabelsNon marqué / Unmarked
Date
1893
Medium / Technique
Skin; animal material: porcupine quill; fibre: wool; pigment
Cut, sewn, dyed and decorated
Cut, sewn, dyed and decorated
Dimensions134 × 117 × 3 cm
ClassificationPersonal Objects - Clothing - Main Garments
CultureIndigenous: Kainai
Geocultural Area
Plains
Object NumberME931.1.16
CollectionMcCord
CreditGift of Hayter Reed
NotesDress, Kainai
For the Chicago World’s Fair of 1893, Indian agent Magnus Begg of the Blackfoot agency informed Hayter Reed that he had acquired a porcupine buckskin dress from the Blood Tribe (Kainai Nation, member of the Blackfoot Confederacy), in all likelihood this very garment. Begg was pleased by the correct “pattern of the old time,” but was disappointed in the quantity of the ornamentation. He paid $10 in advance for the skins and quills, and $13.50 for the labour.
For the Chicago World’s Fair of 1893, Indian agent Magnus Begg of the Blackfoot agency informed Hayter Reed that he had acquired a porcupine buckskin dress from the Blood Tribe (Kainai Nation, member of the Blackfoot Confederacy), in all likelihood this very garment. Begg was pleased by the correct “pattern of the old time,” but was disappointed in the quantity of the ornamentation. He paid $10 in advance for the skins and quills, and $13.50 for the labour.
Status
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