Shirt Item Number: D2.165 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
The shirt is made of light coloured skin with beaded panels and several fringes. On the front of the shirt, beneath the rounded neckline, there are four red beaded lines within the white beaded outline of a triangle. There are long fringes on the two downward sides. On either side of the triangle there is a beaded panel beginning at the shoulder and extending halfway down the shirt. The panels feature a motif of two triangles touching at the point. Within each triangle are smaller triangles of blue, red, green and black. Each panel has two triangle motifs separated by a blue and red 'X'. There are long fringes on the outer edge and bottom of the beaded panels. The back of the shirt has exactly the same designs as the front. The shirt is open from under the arm to the bottom edge with three ties on each side. The bottom edge has a cut triangle fringe. On the backside of each arm, extending from the shoulder seam to the end of the sleeve, is a beaded panel featuring the pointed triangle motif separated by an 'X'. Around the end of each sleeve a double-sided cut triangle trim is attached. On the back edge of the sleeve there is a short fringe. Underneath the arm, from the body to the end of the sleeve, there is a long fringe.
History Of Use
Man's shirt
Item History
- Made in Browning, Montana, USA
- Owned by Nancy Grey
- Owned by Northern Plains Indians Arts and Crafts Center before November 28, 1956
- Received from Northern Plains Indians Arts and Crafts Center (Seller) and Leon & Thea Koerner Foundation (Funding source) on November 28, 1956
What
Who
- Culture
- Blackfeet
- Previous Owner
- Nancy Grey and Northern Plains Indians Arts and Crafts Center
- Received from
- Northern Plains Indians Arts and Crafts Center (Seller) and Leon & Thea Koerner Foundation (Funding source)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Browning, Montana, USA
When
- Ownership Date
- before November 28, 1956
- Acquisition Date
- on November 28, 1956
Other
- Item Classes
- textiles; beadwork
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 2240/0001