Vest

86-35-303

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 86-35-303
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Shoshone
Culture Area Great Basin Culture Area
Section American
Materials Hide | Bead | Cotton
Description

Native tanned hide, cut in four pieces and sewn with commercial thread; hide fringe around bottom and down back; ribbon around armholes, neck, and down front of vest; engraved trade bottons; commercial ric-a-rac around armholes, neck, and bottom. Abstract floral pattern in four vertical parallel rows on both front and back done in blue, red, and yellow beads in spot stitch technique using commercial thread.

Length 46 cm
Width 44.5 cm
Credit Line Gift of George and Henry J. Vaux, 1985
Other Number 51 - Collector Number

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