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
- Shirts
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Styles
Tags
victoryhonorFuramericassupernaturalcrèationquillworkbeading (process)quill (spine material)shirtpainting (image making)midwesternwarfaresacredcommunitiesstatusnative americanhide (collagenous material)clothnative north americandeersArts of the AmericassewingwarriorsdeerskincostumeHairglass 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.