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Sun God bomber jacket
Orlando Dugi (Native American, Diné (Navajo), born in 1978)
Native American, Dine (Navajo)
2022
Medium/Technique
Organza, charmeuse, and silk with glass, metal, and sequence beading
Dimensions
Center back: 77.5 cm (30.5 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Susan Esco Chandler
Accession Number2024.2267
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ClassificationsCostumes
Sun God bomber jacket is a beaded bomber jacket made of organza, charmeuse, and silk with glass, metal, and sequence beading on the front. This jacket displays many of the features that Dugi is known for, an emphasis on handmade as it is hand embroidered and beaded and made with luxury fabrics yet in a bomber jacket form, first created in 1927 as an American pilot jacket and popular with many fashion and culture movements since then. Dugi’s eponymous label, Orland Dugi, is based in Santa Fe and focuses on contemporary clothing based in Diné philosophy, in particular the concept of “walking in beauty.” The stars, moon, sun, and cosmos factor prominently into Diné beliefs and worldviews; the title and imagery of this jacket are similarly symbolic.
Provenance2022, sold by the artist to Susan Esco Chandler, Rowley, MA; 2024, gift of Susan Esco Chandler to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 14, 2024)