Embroidered and beaded Men's Vest - Sioux

Man's beaded vest is fully embroidered in lazy-stitch with seed beads (white background) onto leather, with remnants of four front leather ties (the top tie is closed with two tight knots), and adorned with two back decorative silk ribbon tassels. Front repeating design has a total of twelve symbols on two symmetrical sides - each side is composed of one top and two bottom small, triangular step motifs (navy, inner green box) and three middle square/line motifs (green, inner navy cross, red bordered with three lower vertical prongs). Back design has a total of twelve symbols and one word. Identical motifs from the front repeat in the two bottom rows. The upper middle row shows two opposing American flags (red, navy) with two attached decorative silk ribbon tassels (royal blue, pink). The top row has the center word "SHOT" (navy) with two surrounding crosses (red, green, navy).

Man's beaded vest is fully embroidered in lazy-stitch with seed beads (white background) onto leather, with remnants of four front leather ties (the top tie is closed with two tight knots), and adorned with two back decorative silk ribbon tassels. Front repeating design has a total of twelve symbols on two symmetrical sides - each side is composed of one top and two bottom small, triangular step motifs (navy, inner green box) and three middle square/line motifs (green, inner navy cross, red bordered with three lower vertical prongs). Back design has a total of twelve symbols and one word. Identical motifs from the front repeat in the two bottom rows. The upper middle row shows two opposing American flags (red, navy) with two attached decorative silk ribbon tassels (royal blue, pink). The top row has the center word "SHOT" (navy) with two surrounding crosses (red, green, navy).

Name/Title

Embroidered and beaded Men's Vest - Sioux

Entry/Object ID

1991.018.0005

Tags

Native American Collection, Beadwork Photos

Description

Native American Sioux embroidered and beaded Men's Vest

Made/Created

Artist

Artist Once Known - United States

Date made

1880 - 1890

Time Period

19th Century, Late 19th Century

Place

Region

Great Plains

Continent

North America

Dimensions

Width

20 in

Length

22 in

Dimension Notes

22 in. x 21 in. (55.88 cm x 53.34 cm)

Materials

Material

Glass Beads, Leather, Sinew, Cotton Thread, Silk, Ribbon

Material Notes

Glass beads; Leather; Sinew; Cotton thread; Silk ribbon

Exhibition

The Vanishing Perspective