“Tradition, Change and Celebration in Native Women’s Dress” will be on exhibit at the Museum of the American Indian in NYC through Sept. 2009.
“Bringing together a vast array of dresses and accessories from the Plains, Plateau, and Great Basin regions of the United States and Canada, “Identity by Design” highlights Native women’s identity through traditional dress and its contemporary evolution.” (museum catalog)
“Identity by Design” until 9/29/09
Museum of the American Indian – (212) 514-3700
George Gustav Heye Center, 1 Bowling Green St, NYC
(Crow elk tooth cloth dress, ca. 1890. Montana. Red and green wool, imitation elk teeth (bone), seed beads, muslin, thread.)