Shirt
Item number D2.164 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.
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Description
Buckskin shirt with quill work and fringe. The shirt has a short standing collar, long cuffed sleeves and partial centre opening with hook and eye closures. On the front is a deep ‘U’ shape around the neck in light blue fabric and white beads. There are rectangular panels of fine quill work with meander and geometric motifs around the centre opening, shoulders and cuffs. There is also quill work on the tops of the fringe pieces. The fringe is around the upper back, shoulders and front ‘U’ shape. The inside is unlined.
Specific Techniques
For quillwork, when quills are removed from the animal they are dyed and flattened, then wrapped or sewn into clothing, footwear, baskets, bags and ornaments. The panels of beadwork on this shirt are loom work. Panel work could be transferred from one jacket to another as a person grew or the jacket wore out.
Item History
- Made in Manitoba, Canada ? between 1800 and 1900
- Collected between 1875 and 1895
- Owned by Thomas Wardlaw Taylor and Frank Wesbrook
- Owned by Helen F. Robertson before March 30, 1961
- Received from H. R. MacMillan (Funding source) and Helen F. Robertson (Seller) on March 30, 1961
What
- Name
- Shirt
- Identification Number
- D2.164
- Type of Item
- shirt
- Material
- skin, glass, porcupine quill and metal
- Manufacturing Technique
- sewn and embroidered
- Overall
- height 86.0 cm, width 82.0 cm
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Manitoba, Canada ?
Who
- Culture
- Plains
- Previous Owner
- Thomas Wardlaw Taylor, Frank Wesbrook and Helen F. Robertson
- Received from
- H. R. MacMillan (Funding source) and Helen F. Robertson (Seller)
When
- Creation Date
- between 1800 and 1900
- Collection Date
- between 1875 and 1895
- Ownership Date
- before March 30, 1961
- Acquisition Date
- on March 30, 1961
Other
- Item Classes
- textiles; beadwork
- Condition
- fair
- Accession Number
- 0045/0001
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