Dance skirt/kilt

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Title

Dance skirt/kilt

Subject

Uploaded by Israel Escamilla

Description

A skirt from the Wichi tribe is used for religious ceremonies, featuring feathers at the bottom and tiger skin in the middle, as well as a string of red seed beads across the skirt.

Creator

Anonymous

Publisher

National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI): https://americanindian.si.edu/collections-search/object/NMAI_143137

Date

1846

Rights

Rights held by the NMAI, usage conditions apply

Format

Hide, wool cloth, rope, feather/feathers, fur, seed/seeds;
Dimensions: 75x49 cm

Type

Dance Skirt/Kilt

Identifier

NMAI_143137; http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6c95f078d-2586-48bb-856a-ec63720cda8e

Coverage

1846; Wichi Homelands(Gran Chaco,Bolivia)