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"Tastily Bound with Ribands": Ribbon-bordered Dress of the Great Lakes Indians, 1735-1839

Kauffman Museum, Bethel College, North Newton, KS 67117

This research illuminates the historical context and cultural significance of ribbon-bordered dress of the Native Americans in the Great Lakes region in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Period manuscripts and print materials were studied to document access to European-produced silk ribbon, to trace the spread of ribbon-bordered dress among Great Lakes tribes, to explore the origins of cut-and-sewn ribbonwork borders on dress, and to interpret the cultural context in which ribbon-bordered dress arose. In summary, ribbon-bordered dress was found to embody a creative and innovative response to an imported material by Great Lakes Indian women. Moreover, through its use and transformation in Native American dress, silk ribbon both established cultural boundaries and bound cultures together.

Key Words: ribbon • Native Americans • innovation

Clothing and Textiles Research Journal, Vol. 14, No. 4, 267-275 (1996)
DOI: 10.1177/0887302X9601400406


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