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Object Number
985-27-10/59554
Display Title
Ghost Dance shirt from the Battle of Wounded Knee
Descriptions
Object Description
Ghost Dance shirt from the Battle of Wounded Knee. Made from cotton cloth with fringe along seams as if it were hide. Painted design in red and blue. V-design at bodice with star on either side. Bands of color around bottom. Majority of shirt left undecorated. 138.2x146.0 cm.
Inventory Description
Dress, ghost dance, red and blue star and triangle motifs, fringed
Classification
- Dress
- Shaft, modified
Department
Ethnographic
Date
19th century
Culture
- Teton
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
Materials
Cotton, Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 128 x 152 x 0.2 cm (50 3/8 x 59 13/16 x 1/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
985-27-10/59554
Provenance
Collector
William Radcliff Morris
(1878-1893 - 1930)
Collector
William H. Claflin, Jr.
(1930)
Donor
Estate of William H. Claflin, Jr.
(1985)
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