Woman’s dress; sections; varicolored glass beads on red and black felt; a & b: cuffs; each 15 cm wide; c and D: shoulder seam decorations with tooth and bead fringe ca. 52 cm in width; e: breast ornament with fringe of beads, teeth and copper balls, continuis 1 cm. 150 cm.
Donor:
Mrs. Pierre Letchworth
Collection place:
Aleutian Islands, Alaska
Production place:
Nunavut, Canada
Culture or time period:
Central Yupik Eskimo
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Dresses (garments)
Production date:
1920-1940
Accession date:
1966
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Comment:
This object record was created because location data had been entered into the PHOEBE database without a corresponding object record. (J. Meehan 6/2003)