Crow Man's Shirt
Peggy White WellKnown Buffalo
Description:
A Crow man's shirt, ca. 1885. The shirt is made of hide with glass beads and blue, yellow and red paint, around the top half. The shirt has long fringe and hair ornamentation.
Culture or Community:
Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke)
Other Forms:
Date of Creation:
ca. 1885
Physical Details:
hide, beads, glass, paint
Catalog Number:
NMAI Cat. #091830
External Links:
Provenance:
According to the NMAI catalog card, the shirt was purchased, presumably by the Heye Museum. The video is by Peggy White Wellknown Buffalo and Susie Kelly, 2001-2008.
Citation:
Crow Shirt. National Museum of American Indian, Smithsonian Institution (Cat. #091830). Video by Peggy White Wellknown Buffalo and Susie Kelly, 2005.
Creators:
Peggy White Wellknown Buffalo Susie Kelly, National Museum of American Indian
Keywords:
1880
Deer skin
Hide
Shirt
Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke)
Fringe
Paint
Yellow
Blue
Fringed
Painted
Clothing
Glass Beads
Red