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C.1870-1884. This beaded dress is one of the few Shoshone items in any collection with good provenance. It belonged to Chief Washakie's daughter--Nahtoma (Elizabeth)--and was given in June 1884 to John Bothwell, who was the president of the Halifax & Long Island RR. Bothwell was travelling through Wyoming on a Union Pacific RR pass and evidently received or bought this dress in Rawlings. It measures 48" long and is 43" wide across the bottom. Buckskin, beads, sinew-sewn. Note the use of "boxed eye" design and predominate blue field. From the William R. McIver collection. Cat. No. 7516, Artifact Box 109. Courtesy American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming. |
