Artist unknown (Upper Missouri River Tribe)
Missouri
War Shirt
INV-1830
Artist unknown (Upper Missouri River Tribe)
Missouri1830–40
native north americanmissourimidwesternamericasshirthide (collagenous material)
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.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
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
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.
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