Ceremonial Shirt (sac̉áasın̉ sám̉x̣)
Nez Perce National Historical Park, National Park Service
Spalding, ID, United States
Nez Perce
Interpretive text from Nimiipuu Tribal Committee:
"Men's ceremonial shirt, constructed out of at least 3 hides for the body of the shirt and more hides for the fringe. The neckflaps retain the original form of the animal's neck, which is decorated with a rosette of single bundle, quill-wrapped horsehair, edged with black and white glass 'pony' beads. Decorated with quilled shoulder and arm strip, with a unique asymetrical design configuration, as well differing quillwork techniques employed in decorating the shoulder strips. This style of shirt antedates the more common two-hide binary shirt, that predominated by the 1860's."
- Title: Ceremonial Shirt (sac̉áasın̉ sám̉x̣)
- Contributor: Nez Perce National Historical Park, National Park Service
- Original Source: Nez Perce Tribe Wetxuuwíitin Collection
- National Park Service Catalog Number: NEPE 8760
- Medium: Deer hide, bison hide, beargrass, porcupine quill, glass beads, horse hair, wool thread
- Measurements: Width 163.0, Height 93.0 cm
- Date: ca. 1830s – 1840s
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