Dakota jingle dress belt

Titles: Dakota jingle dress belt (Supplied title)

Description: A Dakota woman's dyed cotton cloth belt with tin jingle cones made from tobacco cans, circa 1905. The belt is part of a Dakota ceremonial jingle dress made by Lucy Pair in 1905 (see also blouse and skirt, ID Numbers 1141.A.1 and 1141.A.2). This type of dress was traditionally worn for ceremonial healing purposes and, more recently, at pow-wows. The dress was donated by a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution from Wheaton, Minnesota.

Dates

• Exactly 1905 (Creation)
• Exactly 1936 (Date object was donated to the Minnesota Historical Society.) (Use)

Creation

• made by: Pair, Lucy
• given by: Cowles, Elizabeth Fowler

Identifiers

• Accession Number: 1141.A.3

Credit: Minnesota Historical Society Collections, Gift of the Sibley House Association of the Minnesota Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution.

Holding Type: 3D Objects

Quantity: 1 item

Format

• Content Category: artifacts

Measurements

• 34 1/4 inches length
• 4 inches width (overall)
• 1 7/8 inches width (cloth)
• 2 inches height (each jingle cone, approximate)

Subjects

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