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Medicine shirt invisible mantle for spies, superstitious garment
Medicine shirt invisible mantle for spies, superstitious garment
Object Number 2004.29.4168
Display Title Medicine shirt invisible mantle for spies, superstitious garment
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Apache Indians (Athapascan) / Medicine Shirt; "Invisible Mantle for Spies." Superstitious garment - Apaches of Arizona. Photo by Dr. Ed. Palmer."
Keywords
  • Clothing and Accessory
  • Ethnographic
Subject
  • Medicine shirt
  • Painted
  • Hide
Department Photographic
Date 1848-1895
Artist Dr. Edward Palmer
Culture
  • Jicarilla
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Arizona
Materials Albumen print adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 21.59 x 28.58 cm (8 1/2 x 11 1/4 in.)

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