War Shirt
Missouri
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.)
- Genre
- shirt
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Styles
Tags
victoryhonorFuramericassupernaturalcrèationquillworkbeading (process)quill (spine material)shirtcut-and-piecedpainting (image making)midwesternwarfaresacredcommunitiesstatusnative americanhide (collagenous material)clothnative north americandeersArts of the AmericassewingspeedwarriorsdeerskincostumeHairglass beadsart of the americasMissourihorsehide
About
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.