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War Shirt

A work made of deer hide, ermine tails, glass pony beads, hair, porcupine quills, and trade cloth.
CC0 Public Domain Designation

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  • A work made of deer hide, ermine tails, glass pony beads, hair, porcupine quills, and trade cloth.

Date:

1830–40

Artist:

Upper Missouri River Tribe
Missouri, United States

About this artwork

Equipped with powerful symbols and emblems, war shirts expressed the wearer’s authority and status, and also served as his protective spiritual armor in battle.

Status

On View, Gallery 136

Department

Arts of the Americas

Culture

Missouri

Title

War Shirt

Place

Missouri (Object made in)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

1830–1840

Medium

Deer hide, ermine tails, glass pony beads, hair, porcupine quills, and trade cloth

Dimensions

Approx: 101.6 × 50.8 cm (40 × 20 in.)

Credit Line

Frederick W. Renshaw, Ada Turnbull Hertle, and Curator's Discretionary funds; purchased with funds provided by the Donnelley Foundation, Cynthia and Terry E. Perucca, and Mrs. Leonard S. Florsheim, Jr.; African and Amerindian Art Small Gifts Fund; Arnold Crane Endowment; African and Amerindian Art Purchase Fund; David Soltker and Irving Dobkin endowments

Reference Number

2004.485

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