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War shirt
Object Number 74-25-10/7878
Display Title War shirt
Descriptions
Object Description War shirt of yanktonai chief 'medicine bear'
Inventory Description Leather shirt, blue paint, quill work design, fringed, red felt collar.
Classification
  • Shirt
  • Raw Material
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Yankton
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States
Materials Leather, Quill, Felt
Dimensions Overall: 160 x 83 x 2 cm (63 x 32 11/16 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 7878
Provenance
Owner Medicine Bear
Collector Gen. H. A. Morrow (? - 1874)
Donor Gen. H. A. Morrow (? - 1874)

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