Man's Gala Or Fancy Shirt - Man's War Shirt
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1876
label: Collection Date
content: 1876
name: label: Collector
content: John P. Monteith
label: Donor Name
content: John B. Monteith
notes: label: Notes
content: THIS WAS ORIGINALLY CATALOGED AS "MAN'S GALA OR FANCY SHIRT". LATER JOHN C. EWERS (LISTED BY INITIALS ONLY ON CATALOG CARD AS JCE) IDENTIFIED IT AS "MAN'S WAR SHIRT". PURCHASED BY COLLECTOR FROM LUCY LAWYER. - STEVEN L. GRAFE 1997 SEE PROCESSING LAB ACCESSSION FILE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. MATERIALS: BUCKSKIN, QUILLS, VEGETAL FIBER, GLASS BEADS, WOOL CLOTH, HORSEHAIR, COMMERCIALLY WOVEN GOLD BRAID, SINEW, COTTON THREAD, PAINT AND OTHER PIGMENTS.
label: Notes
content: Illus. Fig. 2, p. 60 in Grafe, Steven L., 1999, "Nez Perce Decorative Art of the 1870s," American Indian Art Magazine, 24(4). Identified there and on p. 62: Man's perforated shirt decorated with horsehair, quillwork and beadwork; buckskin, quills, vegetal fiber, white glass pony beads, wool cloth, horsehair, commercially woven gold braid, sinew, cotton thread, paint and other pigments, 22" high without fringe (56 cm.).
label: Notes
content: Discussed p. 62 in p. 58 in Greene, Candace S., 2015, "The Use of Plant Fibers in Plains Indian Embroidery," American Indian Art Magazine, 40(2):58-71. Described there as "... a pierced shirt with chest strips embroidered with both dark plant fibers and porcupine quills."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 13 Jul 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Lapwai Reservation, Idaho, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Nez Perce (Nimiipuu)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 005302
label: USNM Number
content: E23851-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Shirt
physicalDescription: label: Length - Excluding Fringe
content: 56 cm