woman's skirt

woman's skirt

woman's skirt

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Introduction

Woman's skirt. Hodenosaunee, Oneida. Collected near St. Thomas by Mark Raymond Harrington and acquired by the National Museum of the American Indian in 1909.

Nation of Maker: Hodenosaunee/Haudenosaunee Oneida
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular nation(s)

Information from catalogue card. Near St. Thomas, Elgin County, Ontario

Place of Origin: Ontario, CAN
Summary of Source(s) for this Relative

Information from the catalogue card.

Materials

navy woolen cloth; printed cotton cloth; silken tape, pale yellowish beige with pinkish areas; size 16 opaque white seed beads, beige cotton tape; beige cotton thread; black cotton thread; cream cotton thread

Techniques or Format

The navy cloth, which makes up most of the skirt, is machine - sewn to the printed cotton, through which a cotton tape drawstring has been fitted. A 12cm panel of navy cloth is sewn to the bottom, and is decorated with a border of beadwork and silken ribbon. There are a few pleats sewn into the skirt.

Dimensions: 96 × 134 × 0 cm
Condition: A few holes in the skirt; bead loss and deterioration; silken ribbon is faded and worn away in many spots.
Current Location: National Museum of the American Indian, Washington, D.C. USA
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: 027965
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1910
Collection Narratives and Histories

Mark Raymond Harrington

GKS Reference Number: 25274
Record Creation Context

This record was created by Stacey Loyer while at the NMAI on a Visiting Student fellowship, November 3-December 15 2009.

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