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Dress46.96.13

This is a dark blue wool cloth dress with three bands of ribbon trim, red and white, along the bottom hem and sleeves. Individual teeth are tied in a yoke pattern on the front and back of the dress. The dress has rows and circles of brass and tin sequins on the skirt. Purple, ribbed silk binds the neck. The bottom hem has geometric cut edge so that it dips lower on each side than the front and back, a reference to historical hide dresses where the legs of the animal would be kept and oriented to the sides of the dress.

Culture
Sioux and Santee
Material
wool cloth, elk tooth, silk ribbon, brass metal and tin sequin
Holding Institution
Brooklyn Museum
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Woman's Belt (Sis Tichigi)03.325.3752

This woven belt is unusual in that it has one coral bead and one white bead tied to its fringe as well as a length of red ribbon. This would not have been visible when the belt was worn as the woman would have tucked the loose ends behind.

Culture
Navajo
Material
wool, cotton commercial yarn, coral and ribbon
Holding Institution
Brooklyn Museum
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Kachina Doll (Paiyatemu)03.325.4631

Wooden kachina doll was identified as Chilchi by Stewart Culin however this kachina's mask and dress does not correspond to the kachina with the closest name, Chilili-and Chilili never carries or plays a flute. It is probably Paiyatemu, a kachina representing one of four youths who has two roles. One is during the corn grinding and fertility rituals in the Summer Dance series. When four maidens take their places to dance they play this type of flute as the maidens' song begins. Ribbons represent flowers. When he arrives with a different kachina, Hekshiva Shelowa, his body is black which may be why this kachina has black arms. He represents prayers and the return of good crops. He is also thought to be a powerful figure, an original medicine man. This elaborately dressed doll has a feather headdress and a fringed buckskin collar with a Maltese cross painted on the front. He has a bustle with ribbons on his back and carries a song flute and rattle.

Culture
She-we-na
Material
wood, pigment, horse hair, feather, wool, hide, cotton, tin and ribbon
Holding Institution
Brooklyn Museum
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Lidded Basket2008-168/3

The raffia is dye and red. The bear grass is natural. The ribbon is purple.

Culture
Quileute
Material
cedar bark, sedge grass, raffia, dye, bear grass and ribbon
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Basket2008-168/2

The ribbon is red and green. The bear grass is natural.

Culture
Quileute
Material
cedar bark, raffia, ribbon and bear grass
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Basket1-958

The bear grass is red and orange. The ribbon is silk and brown.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
spruce root, bear grass, ribbon and silk
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Dance Apron25.0/304

The kilt is wrapped around the waist and tied in place, the lower fringe reaching below the knees. In full dress the performer wears similarly made leggings below the knee, a button blanket or Chilkat blanket over the shoulders, and the appropriate mask or headdress. The kilt is a rich visual and auditory part of the whole ensemble. (Holm, Crooked Beak of Heaven, 1972)

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
wool, silk ribbon, cloth, leather and hoof
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Basketry Candle Holder2.5E959
Walking Stick | Princess Angeline2.5E1646
Neck Ring1998-25/1