The Elizabeth Cole Butler Collection. Collected: Elizabeth Cole Butler

Museum Purchase: Indian Collection Subscription Fund, Rasmussen Collection of Northwest Coast Indian Art.

Museum Purchase: Indian Collection Subscription Fund, Rasmussen Collection of Northwest Coast Indian Art.

Museum Purchase: Indian Collection Subscription Fund, Rasmussen Collection of Northwest Coast Indian Art.

Embroidered boy's shirt. Long-sleeved, collared shirt is made of mashru cloth, a mix of cotton and silk, coloured in vertical stripes of red, yellow, green and black with sets of small white dots regularly scattered across the red. Chest and back are heavily embroidered with flowers, mango tree designs, and 'v' shaped animal horns. Small mirrors are inset on chest, back and around cuffs, surrounded by sickle stitching. A decorative gold metal button fastens the shirt at the collar, with a plastic button at waist. Two ties on the interior also help hold the garment closed.

Gift of Carolyn Schnurer

Linen shirt (part of a man’s costume with 3052/26-32). Shirt is long, with a deep ‘v’ neck closed by tasseled strings, and wide sleeves that end in narrow, pleated cuffs with button closure. Cuffs are embroidered with a wide band in black, red, green and yellow ‘x’ shapes and diamonds. Hem of shirt is similarly embroidered. From collar down the chest is a rectangular plaque of heavy embroidery in the same colours, in a fine diamond motif.

Long sleeved shirt made of unbleached cotton. Sleeve cuffs are lined on the interior with dark blue silk. Front is open, with a short, standing collar. Three closely stitched lines the same colour as the fabric sit close together at the bottom. Fringe hangs from the unhemmed bottom of the shirt’s torso. Side slits are lined with bright red fabric.

Black cotton t-shirt, short sleeved, falling to hip. Bottom and arms are hemmed. Size on tag is stated as extra large (XL). Back is undecorated. On front, in a thick, capitalized font, is stated “A WOMAN’S PLACE IS IN THE STRUGGLE”, and below this in smaller letters, their website.

Embroidered shirt with short unfolded stand-up collar. The central panel is decorated with light pink embroidery of two mirror images on either side of the shirt with large scrolls filled with vine and leaf patterns and undulating linear shapes. The outer interiors of the scroll embroidery are decorated with white cut-out holes from the shirt fabric. The front of the shirt fastens by means of plastic buttons. The cuffs of the sleeves fasten with three pearlescent buttons on each outer edge. The collar has a manufacturers tag (Executive) attached on the inner back side.