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Chief's Dress Shirt

Red River Metis; or Yanktonai, Nakota, Sioux

Brooklyn Museum photograph

Caption

Red River Metis; or Yanktonai, Nakota, Sioux. Chief's Dress Shirt, early 19th century. Buckskin, porcupine quills, garnet beads, pony beads, seed beads, thread, 39 x 52 in. (99.1 x 132.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Henry L. Batterman Fund and Frank Sherman Benson Fund, 50.67.7a. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Title

Chief's Dress Shirt

Date

early 19th century

Geography

Place collected: Fort Snelling, Minnesota, United States

Medium

Buckskin, porcupine quills, garnet beads, pony beads, seed beads, thread

Classification

Clothing

Dimensions

39 x 52 in. (99.1 x 132.1 cm)

Credit Line

Henry L. Batterman Fund and Frank Sherman Benson Fund

Accession Number

50.67.7a

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Artists and makers

Red River Metis

12 works in the collection

Yanktonai, Nakota, Sioux

11 works in the collection