Woman's Battle Dress, worn by female relatives of warriors of the Ton-Kon-Ga (Kiowa Black Leggings Society)
Object Details
- Culture/People
- Kiowa
- Artist/Maker
- Vanessa Paukeigope Jennings, Kiowa/Akimel O'odham (Pima), b. 1952
- Seller
- Vanessa Paukeigope Jennings, Kiowa/Akimel O'odham (Pima), b. 1952
- Collection History
- NMAI purchase from the artist, 2006.
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- Date created
- 2000-2006
- Catalog Number
- 26/5646
- Barcode
- 265646.000
- Object Type
- Clothing/Garments
- Object Name
- Woman's Battle Dress, worn by female relatives of warriors of the Ton-Kon-Ga (Kiowa Black Leggings Society)
- Media/Materials
- Wool cloth, hide, elk tooth/teeth (imitation), glass bead/beads, metal cones, ribbon, brass bell/bells, sequins, commercially tanned leather, metal items, wood, commercially produced fabric patches/insignia, thread
- Techniques
- Sewn, wrapped, painted, overlay beadwork, etched
- Dimensions
- 125 x 167 cm
- Place
- Fort Cobb; Caddo County; Oklahoma; USA
- See related items
- Kiowa
- Clothing/Garments
- On View
- NMAI, Washington DC: Unbound, Contemporary Expressions
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Record ID
- NMAI_281873
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6d4427792-7f85-497b-9416-5e1b2a57dd54
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