Boy's Shirt
CultureCrow, Montana
Dateca. 1880
MediumNative tanned leather, glass beads, cotton cloth, and silk
DimensionsOverall: 19 × 34 inches (48.26 × 86.36 cm)
Credit LineGift of Daniel R. Anthony III and Eleanor Anthony Tenney
Object number50-73/46
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Gallery LabelThe Plains peoples' love for their children is vividly demonstrated in the care lavished upon special clothing intended to be worn during ceremonial occasions, parades and celebrations. Such garments also signified wealth and prestige. The bold geometric designs of this heavily beaded boy's shirt were derived from those commonly painted on Crow rawhide containers, or parfleches, demonstrating that a common language of design was sometimes expressed in more than one medium. Among the Crow, the diamond was often associated with the lizard, which was regarded as a talisman.
Torrence, Gaylord, ed. Continuum: North American Native Art at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. Kansas City: Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.
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