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C.1870-1890. Beaded woman's dress. Made from buckskin. Sinew-sewn beadwork and seams. Fringe is traditional length for 19th-century Shoshone dresses. 51 inches long and 52 inches across the shoulders. Note the variations in bead patterns as well as mixture of medium and dark blue beads. From the Frederick Douglass Collection. Cat. No. 1952.253. Courtesy Denver Art Museum. |
