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Red River Metis. <em>Man's Shirt Cut in European Style</em>, early 20th century. Buckskin, pigment, fur, colored glass, gilt and silver, cotton cloth, pigment, at shoulders: 35 1/2 x 20 1/2 in. (90.2 x 52.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, By exchange, 41.866. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.41.866_view1.jpg)
Red River Metis. Man's Shirt Cut in European Style, early 20th century. Buckskin, pigment, fur, colored glass, gilt and silver, cotton cloth, pigment, at shoulders: 35 1/2 x 20 1/2 in. (90.2 x 52.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, By exchange, 41.866. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.41.866_view1.jpg)
Red River Metis. <em>Man's Shirt Cut in European Style</em>, early 20th century. Buckskin, pigment, fur, colored glass, gilt and silver, cotton cloth, pigment, at shoulders: 35 1/2 x 20 1/2 in. (90.2 x 52.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, By exchange, 41.866. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.41.866_view1.jpg)

Red River Metis. Man's Shirt Cut in European Style, early 20th century. Buckskin, pigment, fur, colored glass, gilt and silver, cotton cloth, pigment, at shoulders: 35 1/2 x 20 1/2 in. (90.2 x 52.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, By exchange, 41.866. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.41.866_view1.jpg)

Red River Metis. <em>Man's Shirt Cut in European Style</em>, early 20th century. Buckskin, pigment, fur, colored glass, gilt and silver, cotton cloth, pigment, at shoulders: 35 1/2 x 20 1/2 in. (90.2 x 52.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, By exchange, 41.866. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.41.866_view7.jpg)

Red River Metis. Man's Shirt Cut in European Style, early 20th century. Buckskin, pigment, fur, colored glass, gilt and silver, cotton cloth, pigment, at shoulders: 35 1/2 x 20 1/2 in. (90.2 x 52.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, By exchange, 41.866. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.41.866_view7.jpg)

Red River Metis. <em>Man's Shirt Cut in European Style</em>, early 20th century. Buckskin, pigment, fur, colored glass, gilt and silver, cotton cloth, pigment, at shoulders: 35 1/2 x 20 1/2 in. (90.2 x 52.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, By exchange, 41.866. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.41.866_view2.jpg)

Red River Metis. Man's Shirt Cut in European Style, early 20th century. Buckskin, pigment, fur, colored glass, gilt and silver, cotton cloth, pigment, at shoulders: 35 1/2 x 20 1/2 in. (90.2 x 52.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, By exchange, 41.866. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.41.866_view2.jpg)

Red River Metis. <em>Man's Shirt Cut in European Style</em>, early 20th century. Buckskin, pigment, fur, colored glass, gilt and silver, cotton cloth, pigment, at shoulders: 35 1/2 x 20 1/2 in. (90.2 x 52.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, By exchange, 41.866. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.41.866_view3.jpg)

Red River Metis. Man's Shirt Cut in European Style, early 20th century. Buckskin, pigment, fur, colored glass, gilt and silver, cotton cloth, pigment, at shoulders: 35 1/2 x 20 1/2 in. (90.2 x 52.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, By exchange, 41.866. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.41.866_view3.jpg)

Red River Metis. <em>Man's Shirt Cut in European Style</em>, early 20th century. Buckskin, pigment, fur, colored glass, gilt and silver, cotton cloth, pigment, at shoulders: 35 1/2 x 20 1/2 in. (90.2 x 52.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, By exchange, 41.866. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.41.866_view4.jpg)

Red River Metis. Man's Shirt Cut in European Style, early 20th century. Buckskin, pigment, fur, colored glass, gilt and silver, cotton cloth, pigment, at shoulders: 35 1/2 x 20 1/2 in. (90.2 x 52.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, By exchange, 41.866. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.41.866_view4.jpg)

Red River Metis. <em>Man's Shirt Cut in European Style</em>, early 20th century. Buckskin, pigment, fur, colored glass, gilt and silver, cotton cloth, pigment, at shoulders: 35 1/2 x 20 1/2 in. (90.2 x 52.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, By exchange, 41.866. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.41.866_view5.jpg)

Red River Metis. Man's Shirt Cut in European Style, early 20th century. Buckskin, pigment, fur, colored glass, gilt and silver, cotton cloth, pigment, at shoulders: 35 1/2 x 20 1/2 in. (90.2 x 52.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, By exchange, 41.866. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.41.866_view5.jpg)

Red River Metis. <em>Man's Shirt Cut in European Style</em>, early 20th century. Buckskin, pigment, fur, colored glass, gilt and silver, cotton cloth, pigment, at shoulders: 35 1/2 x 20 1/2 in. (90.2 x 52.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, By exchange, 41.866. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.41.866_view6.jpg)

Red River Metis. Man's Shirt Cut in European Style, early 20th century. Buckskin, pigment, fur, colored glass, gilt and silver, cotton cloth, pigment, at shoulders: 35 1/2 x 20 1/2 in. (90.2 x 52.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, By exchange, 41.866. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.41.866_view6.jpg)

Red River Metis. <em>Man's Shirt Cut in European Style</em>, early 20th century. Buckskin, pigment, fur, colored glass, gilt and silver, cotton cloth, pigment, at shoulders: 35 1/2 x 20 1/2 in. (90.2 x 52.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, By exchange, 41.866. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 41.866_acetate_bw.jpg)

Red River Metis. Man's Shirt Cut in European Style, early 20th century. Buckskin, pigment, fur, colored glass, gilt and silver, cotton cloth, pigment, at shoulders: 35 1/2 x 20 1/2 in. (90.2 x 52.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, By exchange, 41.866. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 41.866_acetate_bw.jpg)

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Man's Shirt Cut in European Style

Arts of the Americas

CULTURES Red River Metis or Santee, Sioux or Crow or Eastern, Sioux
MEDIUM Buckskin, pigment, fur, colored glass, gilt and silver, cotton cloth, pigment
GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATIONS
DATES early 20th century
DIMENSIONS at shoulders: 35 1/2 x 20 1/2 in. (90.2 x 52.1 cm) at hem: 35 1/2 x 53 3/16 in. (90.2 x 135.1 cm)  (show scale)
COLLECTIONS Arts of the Americas
ACCESSION NUMBER 41.866
CREDIT LINE By exchange
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Man's hide shirt cut in a European style so it opens in front. It has beaded floral designs front and back and fringes along sleeves and the shirt's hem.
MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
CAPTION Red River Metis. Man's Shirt Cut in European Style, early 20th century. Buckskin, pigment, fur, colored glass, gilt and silver, cotton cloth, pigment, at shoulders: 35 1/2 x 20 1/2 in. (90.2 x 52.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, By exchange, 41.866. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.41.866_view1.jpg)
IMAGE overall, CUR.41.866_view1.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2006
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Red River Metis. <em>Man's Shirt Cut in European Style</em>, early 20th century. Buckskin, pigment, fur, colored glass, gilt and silver, cotton cloth, pigment, at shoulders: 35 1/2 x 20 1/2 in. (90.2 x 52.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, By exchange, 41.866. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.41.866_view1.jpg)

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