Shirt

Museum number:
2-4835
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020004835
Alternate number:
20 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.14
Description:
Buckskin; fringed with human scalps with beads and quilling at base; blue/yellow paint; red wool flaps front and back with bands of blue/white beading, also on shoulders and sleeves.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Great Plains, North America
Verbatim coll. place:
; Great Plains
Culture or time period:
Miniconjou
Collector:
Hugh Lenox Scott
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Shirts (main garments)
Function:
3.1 Status Objects and Insignia of Office
Context of use:
For ceremonial/state occasions.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 81 centimeters
Comment:
Photo: 15-4400. Exhibited: "UCLMA Plains Indians, 1971" References: "See Acc. 14 envelope for additional info.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Shirt, accession number 2-4835, described as Buckskin; fringed with human scalps with beads and quilling at base; blue/yellow paint; red wool flaps front and back with bands of blue/white beading, also on shoulders and sleeves.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Shirt, accession number 2-4835, described as Buckskin; fringed with human scalps with beads and quilling at base; blue/yellow paint; red wool flaps front and back with bands of blue/white beading, also on shoulders and sleeves.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Shirt, accession number 2-4835, described as Buckskin; fringed with human scalps with beads and quilling at base; blue/yellow paint; red wool flaps front and back with bands of blue/white beading, also on shoulders and sleeves.

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