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Object Number
985-27-10/60155
Display Title
War Shirt
Descriptions
Object Description
Teton Sioux shirt. Quilled hide panels attached to sleeves and body of shirt. Yellow ground of quills and green bead border. Scalp locks interspersed, especially down sides. Fringe down sleeves and along bottom. 88.6x64.9 cm.
Visual inspection suggests locks of human hair and no scalp. Faded black hair with grey strands about 0.5 meter. Additional locks of black hair.
Inventory Description
Leather shirt, leather/hair fringe, banded and floral quillwork design, beadwork
Classification
- Shirt
Department
Ethnographic
Date
19th Century
Culture
- Lakota
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
Dimensions
Overall: 71 x 136 cm (27 15/16 x 53 9/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
34047
Provenance
Provenance
Broken Arm
Collector
William H. Claflin, Jr.
(1930)
Collector
William Radcliff Morris
(1878-1893 - 1930)
Donor
Estate of William H. Claflin, Jr.
(1985)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Media Restricted
| 985-27-10/60239 | Shirt |
Shirt
|
United States
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 985-27-10/60235 | Cheyenne war shirt |
Shirt
|
United States
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 39-30-10/18187 | Scalp Lock Ornament |
Ornament
|
United States
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 985-27-10/60394 | Plains buckskin shirt, possibly Blackfoot.Decorated w/ hair, bead, quill, fringe |
Shaft, modified
Shirt |
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
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 985-27-10/60237 | Shirt made from 2 wolf skins |
Shirt
|
United States
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 90-17-10/49309 | Man's buck-skin shirt |
Shirt
|
United States
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 985-27-10/60107 | Hair ornament |
Adornment
|
United States
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 05-7-10/64444 | Ornament with hair locks |
Raw Material
Shaft, modified Ornament |
North America
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 985-27-10/60452.1 | Shirt, fringed, green pigment & beaded band across chest, hair & fur pendants |
Shaft, modified
Shirt |
United States
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 985-27-10/60268 | Hair Extension |
Shaft, modified
Ornament |
Montana
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 985-27-10/60119 | Club |
Club
|
United States
|