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Boy's vest
Native American, Sioux
1890–1900
Object Place: United States, Plains
Medium/Technique
Untanned leather, sinew, and glass beads
Dimensions
Overall (overall): 30 x 40 x 1.5 cm (11 13/16 x 15 3/4 x 9/16 in.)
Other (Center back): 28 cm (11 in.)
Other (Center back): 28 cm (11 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number98.44
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionBuckskin, ornamented with a geometric design worked with strings of beads tacked by parallel lines of sewing about one centimeter apart. Design is green, red, yellow, and dark blue.
Provenance1898, gift of Denman Waldo Ross (b. 1853 - d. 1935), Cambridge, MA, to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 24, 1898)