dickey

dickey

dickey

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Introduction

Dickey made of black cotton fabric, backed with calico, and ornamented in beaded floral motifs with berries, birds, butterflies, and a deer. Anishinaabe. Purchased from L.D. Bax.

Nation of Maker: Anishinaabe
Nation of Origin

Museum documentation

Summary of Source(s) for this Relative

GRASAC generated

Materials

black cotton fabric; calico; glass beads, buttons; small metal hooks

Techniques or Format

Made of black cotton fabric ornamented on the front with beadwork, buttons, and backed with calico. A hole, perhaps for a button for attachment to an outfit, is found on the top centre of the dickey. On the back of the dickey, small metal hooks are found on one side, likely for attatchment to an outfit.

Motifs and Patterns

Beaded floral motifs with berries, birds, butterflies and a deer

Other Notes

Buttons may be ornamental, or may have been used for securing to an outfit(?)

Dimensions: 0 × 0 × 0 mm
Current Location: Denver Art Museum, CO, USA
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: 1946.95
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1946
Who the Institution Acquired the Relative or Heritage Item From: Purchase from L. D. Bax
Collection Narratives and Histories

Purchase from L. D. Bax

GKS Reference Number: 25355
Record Creation Context

Visit to Denver Art Museum of Alex Nahwegahbow and Ruth Phillips, assisted by Eric Berkemeyer and Kristin Strid on 22 Jan 2014

Approximate Place of Origin

43.0612, -78.4489

Source of Information about Places

Museum documentation

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