Apsáalooke (Crow) artist, Nez Perce–Style Dress, About 1900. Flannel, beads, and metal sequins;  48½ x 40½ in. Denver Art Museum: Native Arts acquisition funds, 1936.92.1

length: 48 1/2 in, 123.19 cm; width: 40 1/2 in, 102.87 cm

Native Arts

Indigenous Arts of North America

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Floral beaded dresses such as this are worn by some women of the Crow Nation. It is called ittaashaapupata, or a Nez Perce dress, which is based on a style of dress worn by Nez Perce women. This type of symmetrical beadwork is among the earliest floral forms used by Crow artists.

Looks-at-the-Ground (woman) (owner, probably not the artist), Crow Reservation, before 1934; Madge Hardin Walters (b. 1870 - d. 1958), San Diego, CA, 1934-1936; Denver Art Museum, 1936.