id: 151621 accession number: 1984.1046 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1984.1046 updated: 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). title: Gallery 231 - Native North American Textile Rotation opening date: 2019-08-27T04:00:00 Gallery 231 - Native North American Textile Rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 27, 2019-November 9, 2020). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE Update on pre-acquisition history pending. date: footnotes: citations: Estate of David S. McMillan, Cleveland, OH, gifted to the Cleveland Museum of Art date: ?-1984 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 1984- footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: Only Lakota (Sioux) chiefs had the right to wear painted shirts, an honor they earned through bravery. digital description: wall description: Traditionally, only Lakota (Sioux) head chiefs had the right to wear painted shirts, an honor they earned through sacrifice and bravery but lost by failing in their responsibilities. By the time this example was created, European Americans had confined the Lakota to reservations, and painted shirts had become the privilege of battle veterans rather than of active warriors. Family members probably donated the locks of hair, each representing a war exploit. --- 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