Quilled Clothing...
Shirts, vests, dresses, etc., were all
opportunities for wonderful creations
in quillwork.
Quilled woman's dresses Tailored in the traditionnal Lakota style,these dresses show the variation from a fully beaded yoke to a fully quilled one.
Lakota leader shirt
Lakota leader shirt
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Quilled Scout jacket
   Although the tailoring  is of non-Indian influence, the delicate decoration of floral quillwork makes this jacket 100% Native . Many of these types of garments were commissioned by soldiers and others from native artisans.
Quilled vest                                Same style of garment as the scout jacket
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