Shirt
| Object Number: | NA10829 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Tlingit |
| Provenience: | Alaska Killisnoo |
| Culture Area: | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
| Locus: | Teikweidi Clan |
| Section: | American |
| Materials: | Hide Pigment Wool Flannel |
| Iconography: | Grizzly Bear |
| Length: | 136.2 cm |
| Width: | 96 cm |
| Credit Line: | Wanamaker Expedition to the Northwest Coast; Louis Shotridge, 1926 |
| Other Number: | Shotridge 100 - Field No SF |
Description
Ceremonial shirt called "The Original Grizzly Bear." Made from caribou (?) hide and painted on the front with a design of a grizzly bear above what is likely the head of a wolf. Designs are painted in green, blue and black. The lower edge of the shirt is lined with dense, hide fringe. The back is made up of a rectangular, red, flannel cloth which is larger than the shirt itself. The upper and lower edges of the flannel backing are lined with decorative horizontal bands in green and red and the lower edge has hide fringe. The hide sleeves are short and terminate in red flannel cuffs.
Bibliography:
| [Catalogue, Collection] Williams, Lucy F. 2003. Guide to the North American Ethnographic Collection at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.. Philadelphia. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 36, pl. 26 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Catalogue, Exhibition] Gunther, Erna. 1962. Northwest Coast Indian Art: An Exhibit at the Seattle World's Fair Fine Arts Pavilion.. University of Washington. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 65, fig. 45 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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