Man's shirt
date: label: Date created
content: circa 1840
name: label: Culture/People
content: Pikuni Blackfeet (Piegan)
label: Possible collector
content: John Mix Stanley (J.M. Stanley), Non-Indian, 1814-1872
label: Previous owner
content: John Mix Stanley (J.M. Stanley), Non-Indian, 1814-1872
label: Previous owner
content: Alice English Stanley (Alice Craig Morgan English/Mrs. John Mix Stanley), Non-Indian, 1838-1891
label: Previous seller
content: Alice English Stanley (Alice Craig Morgan English/Mrs. John Mix Stanley), Non-Indian, 1838-1891
label: Previous owner
content: Julius Theodore Melchers, Non-Indian, 1829-1903
label: Previous owner
content: Gari Melchers (Gari Julius Melchers/Julius Garibaldi Melchers), Non-Indian, 1860-1932
label: Donor
content: Gari Melchers (Gari Julius Melchers/Julius Garibaldi Melchers), Non-Indian, 1860-1932
notes: label: Collection History
content: Formerly in the collection of Western artist John Mix Stanley (1814-1872); possibly collected by him in 1853 during an expedition and survey of Blackfeet country where he served as the expedition artist; inherited by his wife Alice English Stanley (1838-1891); sold to sculptor Julius Theodore Melchers (1829-1903) at an unknown date; inherited by his son, artist Gari Melchers (1860-1932); donated to MAI by Gari Melchers in 1929.
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place: label: Place
content: Montana or Alberta; USA, Canada (inferred)
setName: label: See related items
content: Pikuni Blackfeet (Piegan)
label: See related items
content: Clothing/Garments
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 16/5207
label: Barcode
content: 165207.001
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Clothing/Garments
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Man's shirt
label: Media/Materials
content: Hide, human hair, horsehair, feather/feathers, porcupine quills, dye/dyes, paint, sinew
label: Techniques
content: Sewn, quilled (lane stitched), painted, aboriginally repaired
label: Dimensions
content: 119 x 176 cm