Lot 114
Rare 1900s Comanche Women's Beaded Hide Dress
Rare 1900s Comanche Women's Beaded Hide Dress
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Native American, Southern Great Plains, Comanche, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A fine and rare Comanche women's dress of brain-tanned hide, constructed in the traditional two-hide format with a deeply fringed yoke, sleeves, and hemline - the fringe cut directly from the hide selvage in the manner characteristic of Southern Plains dress-making traditions. The neckline is trimmed with yellow cotton and the remains of a satin ribbon, adorned with multiple rows of polychrome seed beadwork in a sinuous wave pattern; the reverse and sleeves are further decorated with metallic silvery beads and red and yellow ribbon trim, while blue beadwork accents the skirt seam and metal jingle cones are attached along the side panels of the skirt - reflecting the transitional period following the establishment of the reservation in 1874, when trade beads, ribbon, and metalwork were increasingly incorporated into traditional hide garment construction. Size: 51" L x 30" W (129.5 cm x 76.2 cm)
This exceptionally well-preserved example represents one of the last generations of fully hide-constructed Comanche women's dress, made before commercial fabrics became the predominant material in Plains garment construction in the early 20th century.
Provenance: private Fairfax, Virginia, USA collection
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Item #
202322
- Condition: Excellent. Overall excellent and stable condition, can be displayed as is. Losses to a cloth trim around the neck area. Some staining and discoloration from age, use, and perhaps storage. Several small burn or old insect holes. Leather is supple and soft, some stiffening to fringes.
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