id: 151621 accession number: 1984.1046 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1984.1046 updated: 2019-04-18 11:58:01.156000 Hide Shirt, c. 1890. America, Native North American, Central Plains, Lakota Sioux, 19th century. Hide, pigment, glass beads, human hair; overall: 97.8 x 150 cm (38 1/2 x 59 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of David S. McMillan 1984.1046 title: Hide Shirt title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1890 creation date earliest: 1885 creation date latest: 1895 current location: creditline: Bequest of David S. McMillan copyright: --- culture: America, Native North American, Central Plains, Lakota Sioux, 19th century technique: hide, pigment, glass beads, human hair department: Textiles collection: T - Native North American type: Textile find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 97.8 x 150 cm (38 1/2 x 59 1/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Art of the American Indians: The Thaw Collection opening date: 2010-03-07T00:00:00 Art of the American Indians: The Thaw Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art (March 7-May 30, 2010). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * CMA 2010: "Art of the American Indians: The Thaw Collection" March 7 - May 30, 2010 --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: 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. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1984.1046/1984.1046_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1984.1046/1984.1046_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1984.1046/1984.1046_full.tif