Shirt and pants

Museum number:
2-45414a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210245414a@2cb
Accession number:
Acc.3248
Description:
(a) shirt; painted buckskin with self fringe and purple feathers. Machine stitched; arm and back fringes with purple feathers. Neck closure a single plastic (?) button. Green, red, and yellow paint depicting floral design in front; strawberries, geometric design on yoke; 2 male Indians and a buffalo on back. Holes patched. (b) Pants: Painted buckskin, polished cotton pants. Self fringed buckskin leggins sewn to beige polished cotton women's pants... (continued in Object comments).
Donor:
Christiane de Bord, Claude-Eric Lazard, Florence de Lavalette, and Sidney Lazard
Collection place:
Great Plains, North America
Verbatim coll. place:
; Great Plains
Culture or time period:
Plains and Prairie tribes
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Shirts (main garments)
Context of use:
Wd. (shirt, width) 50 cm.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 80 centimeters, length 77 centimeters, 111.5 centimeters, and 86.5 centimeters
Comment:
Description continued: "... cutoff at knee. Pants button up both sides with black and brown plastic buttons; 8 white bone (?) buttons on waist band. Buckskin leggings fringed at seam in back, painted with L. waistband to lower leg edge.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Shirt and pants, accession number 2-45414a,b, described as (a) shirt; painted buckskin with self fringe and purple feathers. Machine stitched; arm and back fringes with purple feathers. Neck closure a single plastic (?) button. Green, red, and yellow paint depicting floral design in front; strawberries, geometric design on yoke; 2 male Indians and a buffalo on back. Holes patched. (b) Pants: Painted buckskin, polished cotton pants. Self fringed buckskin leggins sewn to beige polished cotton women's pants... (continued in Object comments).Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Shirt and pants, accession number 2-45414a,b, described as (a) shirt; painted buckskin with self fringe and purple feathers. Machine stitched; arm and back fringes with purple feathers. Neck closure a single plastic (?) button. Green, red, and yellow paint depicting floral design in front; strawberries, geometric design on yoke; 2 male Indians and a buffalo on back. Holes patched. (b) Pants: Painted buckskin, polished cotton pants. Self fringed buckskin leggins sewn to beige polished cotton women's pants... (continued in Object comments).

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