Collection:
Juneau—Douglas City Museum
Object ID:
2008.17.001
Accession#:
2008.17
Credit Line:
Donated by Nancy Hixon.
Object Name:
Dress
Title:
Campfire Girls Dress
Year Range from:
1920
Year Range to:
1932
Description:
Campfire Girls dress.
Simple brown girl's dress cut to look like an Indian woman's garment. Fabric is light brown and coarsly woven. A fringe of leather "buckskin" has been added along the bottom and under the arms. Bottom is hemmed. Two strings of beads on long leather laces are stitched to the front in long "U" shapes. The beads are made from wood. The top string of beads are orange, blue, and then round red. The bottom string is purple, then natural, then green, and finally red. There is a large red round wooden bead attached with a leather thong right at the base of the V —neck of the garment. There is a leather tie on the neck. There is a lot of staining on the front of the garment.
Simple brown girl's dress cut to look like an Indian woman's garment. Fabric is light brown and coarsly woven. A fringe of leather "buckskin" has been added along the bottom and under the arms. Bottom is hemmed. Two strings of beads on long leather laces are stitched to the front in long "U" shapes. The beads are made from wood. The top string of beads are orange, blue, and then round red. The bottom string is purple, then natural, then green, and finally red. There is a large red round wooden bead attached with a leather thong right at the base of the V —neck of the garment. There is a leather tie on the neck. There is a lot of staining on the front of the garment.
Notes:
The original owner and user of this garment was Iona Messer. She was born in 1914 and came to Juneau in the early 1920s. She graduated high school in 1932. She was in Campfire Girls when she was in school some time here in Juneau. According to her daughter, Nancy Hixon, she refered to it as a "ceremonial gown."
People:
Messer, Iona
Hixon, Nancy
Hixon, Nancy
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