Collection: Warnock

Item Number: WC8805004

Category: Shirt

Region: Plains

Tribe: Blackfoot

Period: 1825-1850

Materials: Native tanned deerskin; black and white glass pony beads; red wool trade cloth; brass bells; ermine skin; human hair locks; dyed hackle feathers.

Description: Shirt decorated with pony beaded strips over shoulders and on sleeves. Design consists of alternating bands of black beads against a white background. Strips are fringed with ermine skin and hair locks. Shirt has beaded rosettes, front and back. Red cloth collar.

Dimensions: Lenght 46 inches 117 cm.

Provenance:

Alexander Gallery
Epic Fine Arts Co./Masco Corp.

Notes (click on note to open):

Drs. Ted J. Brasser 2005

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