Sioux Side-fold Dress

Sioux side-fold dress, ca. 1830
Probably South Dakota
Hide, pony beads, porcupine quills, tin cones, cloth, sinew

Photo by Ernesto Amoroso
Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian
Image: 2/9801

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Sioux Dress with Dentalium Shell Yoke

Sioux dress with dentalium shell yoke, ca. 1900
Probably South Dakota
"Saved list" blue wool cloth, dentalium shells, silver brooches, silk ribbon, metal sequins, thread

Photo by Ernest Amoroso
Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian
Image: 2/6425

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Sioux Two-hide Pattern Dress with Fully Beaded Yoke

Sioux two-hide pattern dress with fully beaded yoke, ca. 1865
Probably South Dakota
Deerhide, glass seed beads, tin cones, sinew

Photo by Ernest Amoroso
Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian
Image: 5/0958

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Apsáalooke (Crow) Elk Tooth Dress

Apsáalooke (Crow) elk tooth dress, ca. 1890
Red and green wool cloth, imitation elk teeth (bone), glass seed beads, cotton muslin, thread
Montana

Photo by Ernest Amoroso
Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian
Image: 12/6406

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Yakama Two-hide Dress

Yakama two-hide dress, ca. 1890
Jocko Reservation, Montana
Hide, glass pony beads, faceted "Russian" glass beads, fire-polished glass beads, cut glass beads, glass seed beads, sinew

Photo by Ernest Amoroso
Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian
Image: 14/3568

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Crow Elk Tooth Dress

Crow elk tooth dress, ca. 1900
Montana
Hide, imitation elk teeth (bone), seed beads, red wool and sinew

Photo by Ernest Amoroso
Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian
Image: 14/3597

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Sićangu Lakota (Sioux) Girl's Fully Beaded Dress

Sićangu Lakota (Sioux) girl's fully beaded dress, 1890
Probably South Dakota
Hide, glass seed beads, tin cones, sinew

Photo by Ernest Amoroso
Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian
Image: 16/2323

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Sioux Painted Cloth Dress

Sioux painted cloth dress, ca. 1890
Cotton muslin, blue denim cloth, red wool cloth, red, green, and black paint, thread

Photo by Ernest Amoroso
Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian
Image: 17/6078

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Yakama Two-hide Dress

Yakama two-hide dress, ca. 1860
Probably Washington
Deerhide, elk teeth, faceted "Russian" glass beads, glass seed beads, glass pony beads, red wool cloth, paint, sinew

Photo by Ernest Amoroso
Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian
Image: 19/6773

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Sioux Two-hide Pattern Dress with Fully Beaded Yoke

Sioux two-hide pattern dress with fully beaded yoke, ca. 1900
South Dakota
Hide, seed beads, sinew

Photo by Ernest Amoroso
Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian
Image: 20/2210

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Nez Perce Two-hide Style Dress with Fully Beaded Yoke

Nez Perce two-hide style dress with fully beaded yoke, ca. 1920
Probably Idaho
Deerhide, cut glass beads, sinew, canvas

Photo by Ernest Amoroso
Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian
Image: 22/0581

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Bottom Detail of Southern Cheyenne Woman's Beaded Dress, Leggings and Moccasins

Bottom detail of Southern Cheyenne woman's beaded dress, leggings and moccasins, ca. 1930
Probably Oklahoma
Hide, glass seed beads, mescal beans, brass bells, tin cones, fire-polished beads, red paint, sinew

Photo by Ernest Amoroso
Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian
Image: 25/1049

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Cheyenne Three-hide Dress

Cheyenne three-hide dress, ca. 1995
Made by Rebecca Hamilton Brady (Sac and Fox/Cheyenne) and Jon Brady (Arikara)
Pawnee, Okla.
Commercial hide, cut-glass beads, synthetic ribbon, cowrie shells, bone hair pipes, fire-polished glass beads, rhinestones, horsehair, paint, canvas, rawhide, thread

Photo by Ernest Amoroso
Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian
Image: 26/5186

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Blackfeet Dress

Blackfeet dress, ca. 1900
Red wool cloth, silk ribbon, cotton cloth, fire-polished glass beads, glass pony beads, glass basket beads, metal thimbles, thread.
Blackfeet headdress, ca. 1890
Red wool cloth, eagle tail feathers, ermine skins, red rooster hackle feathers, brass buttons, horsehair, hide, sinew

Photo by Ernest Amoroso
Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian
Image: 26/5470

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O-o-be (Kiowa)

O-o-be (Kiowa), 1895
Fort Sill, Okla.


Image: P13149

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Stella Yellow Shirt and Baby (Oglala Lakota)

Stella Yellow Shirt and baby (Oglala Lakota), 1899.
Omaha, Neb.

Photo by Frank A. Rinehart or Adolph F. Muir, Heyn Photo
Image: P27504B

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