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Painted, smoked skin shirt, with skin tassles along the hems, decorated with large beaded rosettes to chest and back bearing designs possibly representing Thunderbirds. Further beadwork arranged in geometric forms, can be observed as thick bands running across each shoulder; a tassled fringe formed from skin and bound with porcupine quill has been applied along one edge on each of these bands. A strip of red woolen cloth forms a collar.

Details

  • Title: shirt
  • Physical Dimensions: Length: 100.00cm; Width: 164.00cm (span); Width: 60.00cm (chest)
  • External Link: British Museum collection online
  • Technique: beadwork; sewn
  • Registration number: Am1983,Q.288
  • Place: Found/Acquired Alberta
  • Peoples: Made by Blackfoot
  • Material: skin; porcupine quill; fur
  • Copyright: Photo: © Trustees of the British Museum
  • Acquisition: Previous owner/ex-collection Red Crow

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