War Shirt (uncertain)
39-18-1
From: United States of America | South Dakota | Pine Ridge Reservation
Curatorial Section: American
Object Number | 39-18-1 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Oglala |
Provenience | United States of America | South Dakota | Pine Ridge Reservation |
Culture Area | Great Plains Culture Area |
Section | American |
Materials | Buckskin | Bead | Hair | Feather |
Description | Man's buckskin war (?) shirt. Elongated at corners. Sides and upper part of sleeves open. All edges fringed. Bands of geometric rectilinear designs on sides and sleeves in green, blue, red, yellow and white glass beads, also at neck. Narrow beaded blue and white fringe at lower border. Pendant eagle feathers and horsehair attached. |
Length | 90 cm |
Width | 170 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from Robert Frazier, 1939 |
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