Shirt

Museum number:
2-7142
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020007142
Accession number:
Acc.176
Description:
Made of buckskin painted green and yellow; yellow buckskin fringes with scalps and dyed horsehair; multicolor geometric beading on neck, shoulders and sleeves.
Donor:
Francis La Flesche
Collection place:
Central Plains, Great Plains, North America
Verbatim coll. place:
; Central Plains
Culture or time period:
Umoⁿhoⁿ
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:
1905
Context of use:
Chief's shirt.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 76 centimeters
Comment:
Native name and meaning: "unonzhin" - to stand in. Exhibited: UCLMA, "Plains Indians", 1971.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 5 titled Shirt, accession number 2-7142, described as Made of buckskin painted green and yellow; yellow buckskin fringes with scalps and dyed horsehair; multicolor geometric beading on neck, shoulders and sleeves.Hearst Museum object 2 of 5 titled Shirt, accession number 2-7142, described as Made of buckskin painted green and yellow; yellow buckskin fringes with scalps and dyed horsehair; multicolor geometric beading on neck, shoulders and sleeves.Hearst Museum object 3 of 5 titled Shirt, accession number 2-7142, described as Made of buckskin painted green and yellow; yellow buckskin fringes with scalps and dyed horsehair; multicolor geometric beading on neck, shoulders and sleeves.Hearst Museum object 4 of 5 titled Shirt, accession number 2-7142, described as Made of buckskin painted green and yellow; yellow buckskin fringes with scalps and dyed horsehair; multicolor geometric beading on neck, shoulders and sleeves.Hearst Museum object 5 of 5 titled Shirt, accession number 2-7142, described as Made of buckskin painted green and yellow; yellow buckskin fringes with scalps and dyed horsehair; multicolor geometric beading on neck, shoulders and sleeves.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Shirt, accession number 2-7142, described as Made of buckskin painted green and yellow; yellow buckskin fringes with scalps and dyed horsehair; multicolor geometric beading on neck, shoulders and sleeves.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Shirt, accession number 2-7142, described as Made of buckskin painted green and yellow; yellow buckskin fringes with scalps and dyed horsehair; multicolor geometric beading on neck, shoulders and sleeves.

Tools