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Sioux. <em>Child's Beaded Waistcoat</em>, late 19th or early 20th century. Hide, beads, 13 1/2 x 12 1/4 in. (34.3 x 31.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, X98. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, X98_front_PS2.jpg)
Sioux. Child's Beaded Waistcoat, late 19th or early 20th century. Hide, beads, 13 1/2 x 12 1/4 in. (34.3 x 31.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, X98. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, X98_front_PS2.jpg)
Sioux. <em>Child's Beaded Waistcoat</em>, late 19th or early 20th century. Hide, beads, 13 1/2 x 12 1/4 in. (34.3 x 31.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, X98. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, X98_front_PS2.jpg)

Sioux. Child's Beaded Waistcoat, late 19th or early 20th century. Hide, beads, 13 1/2 x 12 1/4 in. (34.3 x 31.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, X98. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, X98_front_PS2.jpg)

Sioux. <em>Child's Beaded Waistcoat</em>, late 19th or early 20th century. Hide, beads, 13 1/2 x 12 1/4 in. (34.3 x 31.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, X98. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, X98_back_PS2.jpg)

Sioux. Child's Beaded Waistcoat, late 19th or early 20th century. Hide, beads, 13 1/2 x 12 1/4 in. (34.3 x 31.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, X98. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, X98_back_PS2.jpg)

Sioux. <em>Child's Beaded Waistcoat</em>, late 19th or early 20th century. Hide, beads, 13 1/2 x 12 1/4 in. (34.3 x 31.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, X98. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.X98_view1.jpg)

Sioux. Child's Beaded Waistcoat, late 19th or early 20th century. Hide, beads, 13 1/2 x 12 1/4 in. (34.3 x 31.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, X98. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.X98_view1.jpg)

Sioux. <em>Child's Beaded Waistcoat</em>, late 19th or early 20th century. Hide, beads, 13 1/2 x 12 1/4 in. (34.3 x 31.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, X98. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.X98_view2.jpg)

Sioux. Child's Beaded Waistcoat, late 19th or early 20th century. Hide, beads, 13 1/2 x 12 1/4 in. (34.3 x 31.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, X98. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.X98_view2.jpg)

Sioux. <em>Child's Beaded Waistcoat</em>, late 19th or early 20th century. Hide, beads, 13 1/2 x 12 1/4 in. (34.3 x 31.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, X98. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, X98.jpg)

Sioux. Child's Beaded Waistcoat, late 19th or early 20th century. Hide, beads, 13 1/2 x 12 1/4 in. (34.3 x 31.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, X98. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, X98.jpg)

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Child's Beaded Waistcoat

Arts of the Americas

CULTURE Sioux
MEDIUM Hide, beads
  • Place Made: United States
    • DATES late 19th or early 20th century
    DIMENSIONS 13 1/2 x 12 1/4 in. (34.3 x 31.1 cm)  (show scale)
    COLLECTIONS Arts of the Americas
    ACCESSION NUMBER X98
    CREDIT LINE Brooklyn Museum Collection
    CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Child's beaded vest dating to the Reservation Period (1850-1910). It is beaded on the front and back and has geometric patterns in red, green, and blue on a white background. There is green edging around the garment and the addition of fringe along the bottom and around each armhole. Condition: good.
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    CAPTION Sioux. Child's Beaded Waistcoat, late 19th or early 20th century. Hide, beads, 13 1/2 x 12 1/4 in. (34.3 x 31.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, X98. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, X98_front_PS2.jpg)
    IMAGE front, X98_front_PS2.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2008
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    Sioux. <em>Child's Beaded Waistcoat</em>, late 19th or early 20th century. Hide, beads, 13 1/2 x 12 1/4 in. (34.3 x 31.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, X98. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, X98_front_PS2.jpg)

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