War Shirt [NMAI #009963]
Peggy White WellKnown Buffalo
Description:
From NMAI catalog record: "Painted mountain sheep hide/skin war shirt with lazy/lane stitch beadwork. Long ermine fur fringe lines the sleeves and sides of the man's shirt. Red, blue, and white glass beads adorn the front neckline of the shirt. Porcupine quills, dyed red, blue, and yellow, are woven to create a design on the front and arms of the shirt." The shirt also appears to have fringe made of human hair.
Tilton Old Bull is heard speaking in the English language in the 21-second video.
Culture or Community:
Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke)
Other Forms:
Date of Creation:
1860
Physical Details:
Media/Materials: Mountain sheep hide/skin, wool cloth, rawhide, ermine skin/fur, hair, glass bead/beads, porcupine quills, commercial metallic fringe, paint, dye/dyes, sinew
Techniques: Sewn, dyed, quill plaiting/woven quillwork, quill-wrapped (flat), lazy/lane stitch beadwork, wrapped, painted, fringed, quilled (lane stitched)
Catalog Number:
NMAI Cat. #009963
External Links:
Provenance:
National Museum of American Indian record: Formerly owned by Deaf Bear (Apsáalooke) or Chief Short Tail Bull (Apsáalooke); collected in 1890 by Western painter Edwin Willard Deming (1860-1942); purchased by George Heye from an unknown source circa 1906.
Peggy Wellknown Buffalo and Susie Kelly brought Tilton Old Bull to NMAI on October 27, 2005. This clip is from tape 14: "NMAI 10/27/05, Non-Sacred Items, Tape 4 (War Shirts, Dresses)": 05 seconds.
Citation:
Crow War Shirt. National Museum of American Indian, Smithsonian Institution (Cat. #009963). Video by Peggy White Wellknown Buffalo and Susie Kelly, 2005.
Creators:
Peggy White Wellknown Buffalo Susie Kelly
Keywords:
1860
Clothing
Fringed
Hide
Tilton (Apsáalooke)
Quill-wrapped
Shirt
Video
Yellow
Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke)
Dyed
Fur
Lazy/lane stitch
Painted
Quilled
Sinew
War shirt
material-culture
Beadwork
Ermine
Garment
Mountain Sheep Hide
Porcupine quills
Rawhide
Skin
Wool Cloth
Blue
Fringe
Glass Beads
Old Bull
Quill Plaiting
Red
Stitched
Woven Quilwork