A Plains Beaded And Fringed Hide Boy's Shirt

of classic design, the body composed of two finely tanned hides, seamed across the top with a v-shaped neck opening, the shoulders overlaid with hide strips, sinew sewn in red, white and blue glass beadwork, with terraced triangles and crosses in alternating colors, the sleeves similarly decorated and trimmed with ermine drops and red wool tassels; remains of red and black pigment and a brass and mirror medallion at the neck. 

Steinmann, Catherine, ed. First American Art: The Charles and Valerie Diker Collection of American Indian Art, Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, 2004: p. 116, Cat. no. 65