Dressing-up outfit
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Textiles
Date
Unknown
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Tyntesfield, North Somerset
NT 19977
Summary
Boy's fancy dress costume based on a stereotypical representation of Native American peoples. The clothes and accessories that make up the costume reflect a generic ‘American Indian’ stereotype which was depicted in Wild West stage shows and later Western films. Caricatures in these entertainments informed the game of 'Cowboys and Indians' which became popular in the United States and United Kingdom.