Child's Fancy Cotton Shirt
date: label: Accession Date
content: 4 Aug 1934
name: label: Donor Name
content: Miss Florence C. Morse
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Made of printed calico, very gay, with red, black and yellow figures. Edging of green, blue, and purple silk. At neck is a German silver buckle."
label: Notes
content: Illus. p. 191 in Bailey, Garrick A., and Daniel C. Swan. 2004. Art of the Osage. Seattle: University of Washington Press/Saint Louis Art Museum. Identified there as a girl's scarf shirt. "This stunning girl's shirt is made from several scarves imported from China. Osage women cut and sewed together different parts of the scarves to achieve an Osage aesthetic. The bold use of red, white, and black indicates a personal preference for war colors. The German silver pin attached to the top complements the circular shapes throughout the shirt. The level of high fashion and the sensuality of the shirt's design were intended to attract suitors and impress others with the well-being and high standing of the young woman's family."
label: Notes
content: Illus. p. 86 in Swan, Daniel, Jim Cooley, and Principal Chief Geoffrey Standing Bear. 2019. Wedding Clothes and the Osage Community: a Giving Heritage. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. https://hdl.handle.net/2022/22292 . Identified there: "Child's blouse with brooch, Osage, ca. 1900. Silk fabric, satin ribbon, German silver. These are referred to as handkerchief blouses, constructed from four silk handkerchiefs."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 9 Aug 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Not Given, Oklahoma / Indian Territory, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Osage (Wazhazhe)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 130527
label: USNM Number
content: E367863-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Shirt / Pin