strap dress

strap dress

strap dress

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Strap dress made of blue stroud with colourful ribbonwork appliqué and yellow tube beads; shoulder and collar straps are black velvet with floral beadwork. Part of a set with sleeves collected by Frances Densmore.

Nation of Maker: Anishinaabe
Place of Origin: Ontario or Manitoba, CAN
Date Made or Date Range: 1905/1917
Other Notes

From card: "Has ribbon applique; shoulder straps are beaded. Possibly complete costume. Collected by Frances Densmore." This strap dress has an original Frances Densmore tag with it that indicates it was collected in 1917 and that it was part of a set. The Densmore provenance most likely means it was collected in Minnesota. There are a pair of sleeves, Catalogue No. 357904 in the Evans collection, that appear to be related to/form a set with this dress. - F. Pickering 12-9-2007 Text of tag, which is presumably in Frances Densmore's hand, follows: "Womans's costume comprising: 1. Dress, 2. Sleeves, 3. Leggins, 4. Moccasins, 5. Beaded sash (belt), 6. Otter-skin hair ornaments, 7. Beaded hair ornament; coll. by Frances Densmore 1917."

Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses

Date Densmore's Chippewa research began to date collected.

Current Location: National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. USA
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: E357965
Collection at Current Location: Victor Justice Evans
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1931-03-20
Who the Institution Acquired the Relative or Heritage Item From: Victor J. Evans
Collection Narratives and Histories

Victor J. Evans

GKS Reference Number: 187
Approximate Place of Origin

42.5602, -82.4973

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