Woman's Beaded and Fringed Wedding Dress Item Number: 36.31 from the Brooklyn Museum
Description
Woman's wedding dress of caribou hides with the fur on the inside of the costume, long sleeved with a hood. It is decorated with bead design on the front bib, epaulets and hood in blue, white, red, yellow and other colors. It has fringes on the epaulets and hood of white, blue, red and yellow with beads and teeth. The bottom edge which is curvilinear has a hide fringe. Three wooden amulets are suspended from the neck.
Credit Line
Frank L. Babbott Fund
Item History
- Made between 1900 and 1930
What
- Name
- Woman's Beaded and Fringed Wedding Dress
- Identification Number
- 36.31
- Type of Item
- dress
- Material
- caribou hide, caribou tooth, wood and bead
- Overall
- length 63.0 in, width 29.0 in
Who
- Culture
- Inupiaq Eskimo and Yup'ik Eskimo
Where
- Holding Institution
- Brooklyn Museum
When
- Creation Date
- between 1900 and 1930
Other
- Classification
- Clothing