War Shirt

Date

1830–40

Medium

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

Dimensions

Approx: 101.6 × 50.8 cm (40 × 20 in.)

Department

Arts of the Americas

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