Tunic, woman's

Description

Woman's long tunic of reindeer leather decorated with beadwork on shoulder and sleeves: North America, Plains, Arikara, from the Upper Missouri River, 1859

Museum reference

A.390

Collection

Americas

Object name

Tunic, woman's

Production information

Upper Missouri River, USA, North America

Date

1859

Style / Culture

Arikara

Materials

Reindeer leather, Beadwork

Physical description

Reindeer leather; decorated with beadwork on shoulder and sleeves

References

Illustrated in Colin F. Taylor, Yupika: The Plains Indian Woman's Dress, pub. Verlag fur Amerikanistik, 1997, p.58