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Object Number
38-44-10/12791
Display Title
Chief's skin shirt trimmed with locks of human hair
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Leather shirt, green paint, fringed, beadwork, hair fringe along sleeves, neck.
Classification
- Shaft, modified
- Raw Material
- Shirt
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Assiniboine
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
Materials
Leather, Bead, Hair
Dimensions
Overall: 152 x 82 cm (59 13/16 x 32 5/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
38-44-10/12791
Provenance
Collector
Dr. Theodore Jewett Eastman
(1909 - 1916)
Donor
Mrs. Henry H. Richardson
(1938)
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