Mitchelene BigMan's Color Guard Dress
Mitchelene BigMan's Color Guard Dress
Displaying valor and leadership in the military
In the 2013 presidential inaugural parade, Mitchelene BigMan (Apsáalooke [Crow]/Hidatsa). wore this jingle dress (powwow dress) with military patches representing her status as a Native American woman, U.S. Army veteran, and founding president of Native American Women Warriors.
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Native American Women Warriors Color Guard dress
- Culture/People
- Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke)
- Artist/Maker
- Mitchelene Big Man (BigMan), Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke)/Minitari (Hidatsa)
- Previous owner
- Mitchelene Big Man (BigMan), Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke)/Minitari (Hidatsa)
- Donor
- Mitchelene Big Man (BigMan), Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke)/Minitari (Hidatsa)
- Subject
- Private First Class Lori Piestewa, Hopi Pueblo, 1979-2003
- Collection History
- One of the first dresses created by the artist for the Native American Women Warriors Color Guard; donated to NMAI by the artist in 2014.
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- Date created
- 2010
- Catalog Number
- 26/9335
- Barcode
- 269335.000
- Object Type
- Clothing/Garments
- Object Name
- Native American Women Warriors Color Guard dress
- Media/Materials
- Synthetic fabric, cotton cloth, metal cones, garment patch, sequins, thread
- Techniques
- Sewn, appliquéd, glued, embroidered
- Dimensions
- 127.0 x 63.5 cm
- Place
- Pueblo; Pueblo County; Colorado; USA (inferred)
- See related items
- Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke)
- Clothing/Garments
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Record ID
- NMAI_410472
- Usage of Metadata (Object Detail Text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6b4a20ac7-ff7a-44b6-a5f0-b71b502d3318