Hide Shirt
c. 1890
Maker Unknown
Textiles
Hide Shirt, c. 1890. America, Native North American, Central Plains, Lakota Sioux, 19th century. Hide, pigment, glass beads, human hair; overall: 97.8 x 150 cm (38 1/2 x 59 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of David S. McMillan 1984.1046 Only Lakota (Sioux) chiefs had the right to wear painted shirts, an honor they earned through bravery.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Textile
- Formatted Medium
- hide, pigment, glass beads, human hair
- Dimensions
- Overall: 97.8 x 150 cm (38 1/2 x 59 1/16 in.)
- Departments
- Textiles
- Accession Number
- 1984.1046
- Credit Line
- Bequest of David S. McMillan
- Exhibitions
- Art of the American Indians: The Thaw Collection, Gallery 231 - Native North American Textile Rotation
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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