Dress, c. 1870, 71 1/2 × 34 1/2 in. ( × cm), Animal hide, pigments, glass and metal beads, metal cones, silk, United States, 19th century, This dress, stitched together from four brain-tanned deer hides, was made by a Kiowa woman artist for a particular person, most likely a close relative. The maker of the dress maintained the forms of the deer within the garment—the finishing tabs on the skirt and arms are from the deer’s legs, investing the wearer with the swiftness and grace of the animals themselves. Hundreds of tin cones are stitched in rows

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