Scalp Shirt

COLLECTION NAME:

The AMICA Library

mediaCollectionId

AMICO~1~1

The AMICA Library

Collection

true

AMICA ID:

CMA_.1984.1046

amicoid

CMA_.1984.1046

AMICA ID

false

AMICA Library Year:

2000

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2000

AMICA Library Year

false

Object Type:

Costume and Jewelry

oty

Costume and Jewelry

Object Type

false

Creator Nationality:

North American; Native American; Sioux; Lakota

crc

North American; Native American; Sioux; Lakota

Creator Nationality

false

Creator Name-CRT:

America, Central Plains, Lakota Sioux

crt

America, Central Plains, Lakota Sioux

Creator Name-CRT

false

Title:

Scalp Shirt

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Scalp Shirt

Title

false

Title Type:

Primary

ott

Primary

Title Type

false

View:

Full View

rid

Full View

View

false

Creation Date:

c. 1890

oct

c. 1890

Creation Date

false

Creation Start Date:

1885

ocs

1885

Creation Start Date

false

Creation End Date:

1895

oce

1895

Creation End Date

false

Materials and Techniques:

hide, pigment, glass beads, human hair

omd

hide, pigment, glass beads, human hair

Materials and Techniques

false

Classification Term:

Costume

clt

Costume

Classification Term

false

Classification Term:

Costume

clt

Costume

Classification Term

false

Dimensions:

Overall: 92.7cm

met

Overall: 92.7cm

Dimensions

false

AMICA Contributor:

The Cleveland Museum of Art

oon

The Cleveland Museum of Art

AMICA Contributor

false

Owner Location:

Cleveland, Ohio, USA

oop

Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Owner Location

false

ID Number:

1984.1046

ooa

1984.1046

ID Number

false

Credit Line:

Bequest of David S. McMillan

ooc

Bequest of David S. McMillan

Credit Line

false

Rights:

http://www.clemusart.com/museum/disclaim2.html

orl

<a href="http://www.clemusart.com/museum/disclaim2.html"target="_new">http://www.clemusart.com/museum/disclaim2.html</a>

Rights

false

Context:

Scalp shirts are among the most spectacular garmets produced by the Plains Indians. Lakota Sioux scalp shirts were often painted blue or green on the upper half (to symbolize the sky) and yellow on the lower half (indicating the earth). The locks of hair attached to the shirt are not actually scalps. Instead they were usually donated by family members or friends. Each lock represents a war exploit performed by the shirt's owner. Additional ornamentation was provided by panels of Venetian glass beads, sewn to the leather with sinew thread. During the Reservation Period (after 1870) warfare ceased, and scalp shirts became items of formal or ceremonial attire.

cxd

Scalp shirts are among the most spectacular garmets produced by the Plains Indians. Lakota Sioux scalp shirts were often painted blue or green on the upper half (to symbolize the sky) and yellow on the lower half (indicating the earth). The locks of hair attached to the shirt are not actually scalps. Instead they were usually donated by family members or friends. Each lock represents a war exploit performed by the shirt's owner. Additional ornamentation was provided by panels of Venetian glass beads, sewn to the leather with sinew thread. During the Reservation Period (after 1870) warfare ceased, and scalp shirts became items of formal or ceremonial attire.

Context

false

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