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Fringed semi-tanned skin dress with beadwork designs / Unidentified

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Apache women generally wear special hide dresses during their sunrise ceremony, but this dress may have been for every day wear. This dress may have been influenced by other plains tribes. The beaded star designs are characteristic of Southern Plains tribes.
Tags: hide dress, beaded
People: Apache
Places: Southern Plains, Oklahoma
Purpose: domestic use, ceremonial use

From interviews with Dr. Garrick Bailey, 2018-2020 University of Tulsa, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology

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Title(s): 
Fringed semi-tanned skin dress with beadwork designs
Creator(s): 
Unidentified (Author)
Culture: 
Native American; possibly Apache or Jicarilla (artist and user)
Date: 
circa 1900
Materials/Techniques: 
semi-tanned hide, glass, thread
Classification: 
Ethnographic Objects
Object Type: 
Dress
Accession No: 
84.1808
Previous Number(s): 
8427.1808; 15653
Department: 
Anthropology
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