Tunic, woman's

Description

Woman's long tunic of reindeer leather decorated with beadwork on shoulder and sleeves: North America, Plains, Riccaree (Black Pawnee), 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

Riccaree (Black Pawnee), Plains, Indigenous North American

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