Detail View: Image Archives: Shoshone buckskin dress

File Name: 
IV.CI-AC.334-a.D.jpg
catalog number: 
AC.334
collection: 
Anthropology
title: 
Shoshone buckskin dress
creator: 
Clayton Powers
creator type: 
creator of digital collection
creator: 
Richard M. Wicker
creator type: 
photographer
description: 
Front view of a buckskin dress made from three skin pieces back and front across the yoke and waist. Three beaded flowers are on each side of the yoke with two red and one blue on the front. Short sleeves including a green and purple bead edge with three inch fringe. There are 40 elk teeth on the front and 32 elk teeth on the back. Three strings of turquoise hang down in the front on rawhide strings. Made by the Shoshone tribe in Montana.
date: 
8/16/2011
date type: 
date of photograph
location: 
USA, Colorado, Denver Museum of Nature and Science
modified: 
no
format: 
image/jpg
file size: 
2.17MB
source: 
Nikon D300
rights: 
use with permission Denver Museum of Nature & Science