Object Details
- Culture/People
- Omaha
- Previous owner
- Susette LaFlesche (Inshata Theumba [Bright Eyes]/Suzette LaFlesche Tibbles/Mrs. Thomas Tibbles), Omaha, 1854-1903
- Thomas H. Tibbles, Non-Indian, 1840-1928
- May Tibbles Barris (Mary D. Tibbles/Mrs. James Allen Barris), Non-Indian, 1870-1942
- Chester K. Barris, Non-Indian, 1898-1956
- Vivien K. Barris (Mrs. Chester K. Barris/Vivian Barris), Non-Indian, 1906-1990
- Dr. Joan B. LaNoue (Joan Barris Lanoue/Joan Lanoue Lippincott), Non-Indian
- Donor
- Vivien K. Barris (Mrs. Chester K. Barris/Vivian Barris), Non-Indian, 1906-1990
- Dr. Joan B. LaNoue (Joan Barris Lanoue/Joan Lanoue Lippincott), Non-Indian
- Collection History
- Made for Susette LaFlesche (Inshata Theumba [Bright Eyes], Omaha, 1854-1903) for her 1881 marriage to Thomas H. Tibbles (1840-1928, a journalist and Indian-rights activist); kept by Thomas Tibbles and inherited by his daughter from a previous marriage, May (Mary) Tibbles Barris (Mrs. James Allen Barris, 1870-1942); inherited by May Tibbles' son Chester K. Barris (1898-1956); inherited by his widow, Vivien Keltner Barris (1906-1990), and daughter, Dr. Joan B. LaNoue (Joan LaNoue Lippincott); donated to MAI by Mrs. Vivien K. Barris and Dr. Joan B. LaNoue in 1984.
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- Date created
- 1881
- Catalog Number
- 25/2192
- Barcode
- 252192.000
- Object Type
- Ceremonial/Ritual items
- Object Name
- Woman's wedding dress/outfit
- Media/Materials
- Wool cloth, cotton cloth, silk cloth, lace, mother-of-pearl buttons
- Techniques
- Sewn, lined
- Dimensions
- 76 x 101 x 112 cm
- Place
- Nebraska; USA
- See related items
- Omaha
- Ceremonial/Ritual items
- On View
- NMAI, New York, NY: Infinity of Nations, Plains & Plateau
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Record ID
- NMAI_267997
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws67b541ada-28e0-4728-9681-cbc45ad730e7
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