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Squaw Dress
Squaw Dress
Squaw Dress

Squaw Dress

Date1960
MediumCotton.
Dimensions33 x 130 in. (83.8 x 330.2 cm)
ClassificationsClothing -- Outerwear
Catalog number2006.130.2
DescriptionThis two-piece green dress is decorated with yellow rick-rack, black rick-rack and orange/red bands with smaller white rick-rack. The top has 3/4 sleeves, princess darts, vertical slit neck and winged collar.

The gathered circle skirt has tiers, each gathered and a 25-inch waist with big pearl button in a two-inch waistband. The back slit is open with an overlap (8" under button). It's a long skirt, almost to the ankles on an average-height woman.
Status
Not on view