Plateau Beaded and Fringed Hide Dress, probably Nez Perce

constructed with an elaborate yoke, sewn in black, red, pink, pumpkin, green, greasy yellow, and two shades of blue against a white glass pony bead ground, with a series of vertical panels in alternating colors, stripes across the shoulders, and a contoured bell-shaped design beneath the transverse neck-opening; trimmed with a deer tail pendant on the front.

Richard A. Pohrt Collection
Acquired from Morning Star Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

Very good overall condition with typical wear for age and from light use including some lose or missing beadwork. The hide is supple and drapes nicely but there are small holes, mainly in the lower section.
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For a related example see Sotheby's New York, May 2010, lot 14, color illustration.