Dance dress

Museum number:
1-1191
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
3191 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.19
Description:
Woman's dance dress.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Klamath River below Weitchpec, Humboldt County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Klamath River area; Klamath R. below Weitchpec
Culture or time period:
Yurok
Collector:
Philip Mills Jones
Collection date:
August 4, 1901
Materials:
Abalone shell, Buckskin, Clam shell (salt water), Common beargrass, Copper alloy, Glass (material), Iris fiber, Juniper berry [refine], Maidenhair fern stem, Shell (animal material), White alder bark, and Woodwardia fern (dyed red)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Dresses (garments)
Accession date:
December 7, 1901
Context of use:
Woman's dance dress.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
width 112 centimeters, skin:— width 121.5 centimeters, length 112 centimeters, and skin:— length 99 centimeters
Comment:
Published: "AAE I, Pl 8, Fig. 1
Loans:
S1986-1987 #8: Vacaville Museum (October 13, 1986–April 16, 1987)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Dance dress, accession number 1-1191, described as Woman's dance dress.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Dance dress, accession number 1-1191, described as Woman's dance dress.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Dance dress, accession number 1-1191, described as Woman's dance dress.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Dance dress, accession number 1-1191, described as Woman's dance dress.

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