Jingle dress

An Ojibwe jingle dress in the Wisconsin Historical Museum

Jingle dress is a First Nations and Native American women's pow wow regalia and dance. North Central College associate professor Matthew Krystal notes, in his book, Indigenous Dance and Dancing Indian: Contested Representation in the Global Era, that "Whereas men's styles offer Grass Dance as a healing themed dance, women may select Jingle Dress Dance."[1] The regalia worn for the dance is a jingle dress, which includes ornamentation with multiple rows of metal, such as cones, that create a jingling sound as the dancer moves.

  1. ^ Krystal, Matthew (2012). Indigenous dance and dancing Indian: contested representation in the global era. Boulder, Colo.: University of Press of Colorado. ISBN 978-1607320975. OCLC 772529367.