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Object Number
985-27-10/60235
Display Title
Cheyenne war shirt
Descriptions
Object Description
Cheyenne shirt. Top half painted black and bottom half painted yellow. Panels of black and white beadwork on front. Blond and brown scalp lock ornaments on neck and all along sleeves. 121.2x66.8 cm.
On visual inspection hair may be human. No scalp visible. See Conservation report for further material description/analysis.
Inventory Description
Leather shirt, top painted black, hair fringe, beadwork decoration
Classification
- Shirt
Department
Ethnographic
Date
19th century
Culture
- Cheyenne
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
Materials
Leather, Hair, Bead, Pigment, Sinew
Dimensions
Overall: 121.2 x 66.8 cm (47 11/16 x 26 5/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Provenance
Owner
Chief Dull Knife
(? - ?)
Collector
William H. Claflin, Jr.
(1930)
Collector
William Radcliff Morris
(1878-1893 - 1930)
Donor
William H. Claflin, Jr.
(1985)
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|
United States
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| |
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Shaft, modified
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United States
| |
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| |
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|
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| |
|
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Shaft, modified
Shirt |
United States
| |
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Media Restricted
| 985-27-10/60268 | Hair Extension |
Shaft, modified
Ornament |
Montana
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 39-30-10/18187 | Scalp Lock Ornament |
Ornament
|
United States
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 38-44-10/12791 | Chief's skin shirt trimmed with locks of human hair |
Shirt
Shaft, modified Raw Material |
North America
| |
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Media Restricted
| 81-14-10/24527 | Leggings |
Legging
Shaft, modified |
United States
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 09-8-10/75097 | Ceremonial fan |
Shaft, modified
Fan |
Montana
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