Dress
- Artist Culture
- Southern Plains Inde (Apache) artist
- Date
- c.1890
- Classification
- Costume & clothing, textiles
- Current Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- top: 44 x 20 in. (111.8 x 50.8 cm)
skirt: 42 x 28 in. (106.7 x 71.1 cm) - Credit Line
- The Donald Danforth Jr. Collection, Gift of Mrs. Donald Danforth Jr.
- Rights
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- Object Number
- 99:2010a,b
NOTES
With every step or rush of wind, the rows of diagonal fringe and metal cones encircling this dress would sway and make a pleasing sound. The creation of sound and a sense of movement are hallmarks of the Southern Plains style. The long sides and neckline preserve the shape of the deer’s hind legs and tail to emphasize the raw material from which the dress was made, and to invest the wearer with the spirit of the once-living creature.