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Woman's Battle Dress, worn by female relatives of warriors of the Ton-Kon-Ga (Kiowa Black Leggings Society)

National Museum of the American Indian

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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