Shirt

Museum number:
2-5534
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020005534
Alternate number:
3600 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.88
Object count:
1
Description:
Buckskin; red wool neck trim; geometric beaded designs on shoulders/sleeves; trimmed with red feathers; fringes with 94 ermine skins.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Blackfoot Reservation, Canada
Verbatim coll. place:
Canada; Blackfoot Reservation
Culture or time period:
Blackfoot of Canada
Collector:
J. Disbury and Philip Mills Jones
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Shirts (main garments)
Function:
2.4 Fine Clothes and Accoutrements not used exclusively for status or religious purposes
Accession date:
1903
Context of use:
For dancing/ceremonial/dress-up. 2-5534-37 should all go together.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 90 centimeters
Comment:
Photo: 15-4394. Exhibited: "UCLMA, Plains Indians, 1971
Loans:
S1928-1929 #1: Los Angeles Natural History Museum (May 1929–August 1945) and S1973-1974 #69: Art Gallery (UC Santa Barbara ) (March 19, 1974–July 29, 1974)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Shirt, accession number 2-5534, described as Buckskin; red wool neck trim; geometric beaded designs on shoulders/sleeves; trimmed with red feathers; fringes with 94 ermine skins.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Shirt, accession number 2-5534, described as Buckskin; red wool neck trim; geometric beaded designs on shoulders/sleeves; trimmed with red feathers; fringes with 94 ermine skins.

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