A Blackfeet (Northern Plains American Indian) Beaded Dress from the Classic Period (Pre-Reservation era). Constructed of Native tanned hide Pony beads, Real beads and Seed beads with Cochineal-Lac dyed trade cloth.
Provenance:
Captain Francis John Mitchell (1864-1960), England; collected in Calgary in the 1880's
Robin Davis (Grandson of the above), Nairobi, Africa
Private Collection, New York (1999)
Private Collection, Colorado (2004-present)
