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Child's dress
Native American, Lakota (Sioux)
about 1910
Object Place: United States, Plains
Medium/Technique
Leather
Dimensions
L (of neck to hemline): 91.4 cm (36 in.) W (wrist to wrist): 119.4 cm (47 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Louise C. Carpenter in memory of her parents, United States Senator Marcus A. and Mrs. Ethel Warren Coolidge
Accession Number1991.949
CollectionsAmericas, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionLeather; with polychrome beads and leather fringed decoration. Condition: Good.
Provenance1917, sold by the Fred Harvey Indian Building, Albuquerque, NM, to Marcus Allen Coolidge (b. 1865 - d. 1947) and Ethel Warren Coolidge (b. 1870 - d. 1955), Fitchburg, MA; by inheritance to their daughter, Louise Coolidge Carpenter (b. 1901 - d. 1995), Mendenhall, PA; 1991, year-end gift of Louise Coolidge Carpenter to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 22, 1992)