A Blackfoot Beaded and Fringed Hide Man's Wearing Shirt

composed of hide, wool cloth, glass beads, sinew, pigments, and human hair locks. 

Favell Museum, Klamath Falls, OR

H. Malcolm Grimmer, Santa Fe, NM

Acquired from Ilene and Bruce Johnson, Evergreen, CO

Very good original condition. Typical overall wear from age and use. A small separation in the hide at the shoulder.
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For a related example please see Bob Scriver, The Blackfeet: Artists of the Northern Plains, Kansas City, 1990, pp. 30-31.

For a discussion of Blackfoot design ibid, p. 26: "Early Blackfeet decorative designs depict various elements of nature. Triangular shapes against a blue background commonly appear on men's clothing; this can be interpreted as lodges, or tipis, surrounded by a blue sky."