Skirt for Native American Prom Dress
date: label: date made
content: 2018
notes: label: Description
content: Isabella Aiukli Cornell’s Prom Dress and Accessories, 2018
label: Description
content: Girls have not only used fashion for self-expression, but also to promote social change. Isabella Aiukli Cornell, a Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma citizen, used her prom dress to call attention to the systemic violence and abuse faced by Indigenous women. She chose the color red in solidarity for the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women’s movement.
topic: label: Subject
content: Prom
label: Subject
content: Native Americans
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content: Home and Community Life: Costume
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Isabella Aiukli Cornell and Sarah Adams-Cornell
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2019.0100.01b
label: catalog number
content: 2019.0100.01b
label: accession number
content: 2019.0100
objectType: label: Object Name
content: skirt
label: Object Type
content: Lower Body
label: Object Type
content: Skirt
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: satin (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (clasps material)
label: Measurements
content: overall (at waist): 48 in x 16 in; 121.92 cm x 40.64 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall, mounted: 61 in x 36 in x 30 in; 154.94 cm x 91.44 cm x 76.2 cm