Man's Shirt
Anishinaabe (Chippewa / Ojibwa), Great Lakes Woodlands, Woodlands
before 1875
Red wool trade cloth, glass beads, metal beads, ribbon, and thread
Overall: 36 15/16 in. (93.9 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College: Gift of Eileen K. Barfuss, Class of 1984
986.21.26711
Geography/Culture
North America, United States
Period
19th century
Object Name
Clothing: Outerwear
Classification
Native American
Native American: Woodlands
Not on view
Inscription
Old label with donor‘s records: "This shirt was presented to Capt. Charles Atwood, grandfather of Mrs. G.B. Vroom, by Sitting Bull. Sitting Bull was the most famous Medicine Man of the SIOUX NATION"
Provenance
Purported to have belonged to Sitting Bull; collected by Captain Charles Attwood Sr. until 1875; Eileen K. Barfuss (Class of 1984); given to present collection, 1986.
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