Girl’s Dress
Returned to lender
This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.Young pianist Minnie Sky Arrow reportedly wore this fully beaded dress as a recital gown. It features a curving yoke and a straight-edged flaring skirt. Beaded designs—possibly representing stars, clouds, and supernatural beings—frame the yoke and run along the sides and bottom of the garment. During the early reservation period, the use of allover beading on clothing and other objects became popular, and this dress was created at the height of the style.
Artwork Details
- Title: Girl’s Dress
- Date: ca. 1900
- Geography: United States, Fort Peck Reservation, Montana
- Culture: Dakota (Eastern Sioux), Yanktonai or Lakota (Teton Sioux)
- Medium: Native-tanned leather, glass, brass and steel-cut beads, metal cones, horsehair
- Dimensions: Length: 48 in. (121.9 cm)
Width: 39 in. (99.1 cm) - Classification: Hide-Costumes
- Credit Line: National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., Department of Anthropology (E362331-0)
- Curatorial Department: The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing