Shirt

Museum number:
2-5209
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020005209
Alternate number:
17 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.131 and Acc.52
Description:
Buckskin, yellow stained; painted symbolic designs; fringed. Meaning of symbolic designs (an individual warrior's dream and prayer): the "Thunder-bird" and heralding swallows fly at the front facing the enemy; lightening darts from the arms; the turtle protects the wearer's back.
Donor:
David Ives Bushnell Jr., G. B. Gordon, Phoebe Apperson Hearst, and W. C. Farabee
Collection place:
Southern Plains, Great Plains, North America
Verbatim coll. place:
; Southern Plains
Culture or time period:
Kiowa and Teton Dakota
Collector:
Francis La Flesche
Collection date:
1901-1902
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Shirts (main garments)
Function:
3.1 Status Objects and Insignia of Office
Accession date:
1904 and September 8, 1902
Context of use:
A warrior's shirt. "Ghost Dance shirt." fide Jo Allyn Archambault 1-18-1978.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 91.5 centimeters
Comment:
A warrior's shirt. "Ghost Dance shirt." fide Jo Allyn Archambault 1-18-1978.
Loans:
S1973-1974 #69: Art Gallery (UC Santa Barbara ) (March 19, 1974–July 29, 1974) and S1990-1991 #4: Buffalo Bill Museum (August 13, 1990–March 22, 1991)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 6 titled Shirt, accession number 2-5209, described as Buckskin, yellow stained; painted symbolic designs; fringed. Meaning of symbolic designs (an individual warrior's dream and prayer): the "Thunder-bird" and heralding swallows fly at the front facing the enemy; lightening darts from the arms; the turtle protects the wearer's back.Hearst Museum object 2 of 6 titled Shirt, accession number 2-5209, described as Buckskin, yellow stained; painted symbolic designs; fringed. Meaning of symbolic designs (an individual warrior's dream and prayer): the "Thunder-bird" and heralding swallows fly at the front facing the enemy; lightening darts from the arms; the turtle protects the wearer's back.Hearst Museum object 3 of 6 titled Shirt, accession number 2-5209, described as Buckskin, yellow stained; painted symbolic designs; fringed. Meaning of symbolic designs (an individual warrior's dream and prayer): the "Thunder-bird" and heralding swallows fly at the front facing the enemy; lightening darts from the arms; the turtle protects the wearer's back.Hearst Museum object 4 of 6 titled Shirt, accession number 2-5209, described as Buckskin, yellow stained; painted symbolic designs; fringed. Meaning of symbolic designs (an individual warrior's dream and prayer): the "Thunder-bird" and heralding swallows fly at the front facing the enemy; lightening darts from the arms; the turtle protects the wearer's back.Hearst Museum object 5 of 6 titled Shirt, accession number 2-5209, described as Buckskin, yellow stained; painted symbolic designs; fringed. Meaning of symbolic designs (an individual warrior's dream and prayer): the "Thunder-bird" and heralding swallows fly at the front facing the enemy; lightening darts from the arms; the turtle protects the wearer's back.Hearst Museum object 6 of 6 titled Shirt, accession number 2-5209, described as Buckskin, yellow stained; painted symbolic designs; fringed. Meaning of symbolic designs (an individual warrior's dream and prayer): the "Thunder-bird" and heralding swallows fly at the front facing the enemy; lightening darts from the arms; the turtle protects the wearer's back.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Shirt, accession number 2-5209, described as Buckskin, yellow stained; painted symbolic designs; fringed. Meaning of symbolic designs (an individual warrior's dream and prayer): the "Thunder-bird" and heralding swallows fly at the front facing the enemy; lightening darts from the arms; the turtle protects the wearer's back.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Shirt, accession number 2-5209, described as Buckskin, yellow stained; painted symbolic designs; fringed. Meaning of symbolic designs (an individual warrior's dream and prayer): the "Thunder-bird" and heralding swallows fly at the front facing the enemy; lightening darts from the arms; the turtle protects the wearer's back.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Shirt, accession number 2-5209, described as Buckskin, yellow stained; painted symbolic designs; fringed. Meaning of symbolic designs (an individual warrior's dream and prayer): the "Thunder-bird" and heralding swallows fly at the front facing the enemy; lightening darts from the arms; the turtle protects the wearer's back.

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