Woman Or Girl's Side-Fold Dress
date: label: Accession Date
content: 21 Oct 1881
name: label: Collector
content: George Catlin
label: Donor Name
content: Mrs. Joseph Harrison Jr.
notes: label: Notes
content: THIS DRESS WAS IDENTIFIED AS A SIDE-FOLD DRESS, SIOUX (?), BY COLIN F. TAYLOR AND JOHN C. EWERS 7/1996 FROM CARD: "IN PRESENT BRITTLE, ROLLED UP CONDITION THIS PIECE CANNOT BE ADEQUATELY DESCRIBED. UNDOUBTEDLY IT IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PLAINS PIECES IN THE USNM COLLECTIONS, AND PROBABLY IS OF EARLY SLIP FORM SUPPORTED BY STRAPS OVER SHOULDERS NOT ILLUSTRATED IN CATLIN'S PAINTINGS BUT KNOWN FROM DESCRIPTIONS BY EARLIER TRADERS AND EXPLORERS. BEAUTIFUL BEAD AND QUILLWORK. ANTHROP. LAB. SHOULD WORK OVER THIS PIECE."
label: Notes
content: Reference: Feest, Christian. "Three Rare Examples of Hide Painting from Rupert's Land." Donald Ellis Gallery, 2018. doi:10.13140/RG.2.2.29038.48967 .
label: Record Last Modified
content: 4 Oct 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Plains, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Plains Indian
label: Culture
content: Sioux (Oceti Sakowin) (?)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 010638
label: USNM Number
content: E386526-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Dress