Man's shirt

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Date created: circa 1875

Culture/People: Oglala Lakota (Oglala Sioux)
Possible owner: Crazy Horse (Tashunca-uitco/Ta-Sunko-Witko), Oglala Lakota (Oglala Sioux), 1849-1877
Previous owner: Little Big Man (Cha-sa-tonga [Charging Bear]), Oglala Lakota (Oglala Sioux), 1841-1887
Collector: Captain John Gregory Bourke, Non-Indian, 1846-1896
Previous owner: Captain John Gregory Bourke, Non-Indian, 1846-1896; Mary Horbach Bourke (Mary F. Bourke/Mrs. John G. Bourke), Non-Indian, 1861-1927; Anna Bourke Richardson (Mrs. Alexander H. Richardson/Mrs. A. H. Richardson), Non-Indian, 1887-1976; Pauline Bourke Maish (Pauline B. Bourke Todd/Mrs. Alexander W. Maish), Non-Indian, 1891-1981
Donor: Anna Bourke Richardson (Mrs. Alexander H. Richardson/Mrs. A. H. Richardson), Non-Indian, 1887-1976; Pauline Bourke Maish (Pauline B. Bourke Todd/Mrs. Alexander W. Maish), Non-Indian, 1891-1981

Collection History: Said to have been owned by Crazy Horse (Oglala Lakota, 1849-1877) or by Little Big Man (Oglala Lakota, 1841-1887); collected between 1869 and 1887 by Captain John Gregory Bourke (1846-1896) during military tours in the Southwest; lent to the US National Museum (later the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History) by Captain Bourke in 1891 and part of the collection there until the death of his widow, Mary Horbach Bourke (1861-1927); inherited by the Bourkes' daughters, Anna Bourke Richardson (1887-1976) and Pauline Bourke Maish (1891-1981); donated to MAI by Mrs. Richardson and Mrs. Maish in 1928.
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Place: South Dakota; USA (inferred)

See related items: Oglala Lakota (Oglala Sioux); Clothing/Garments
On View: NMAI, New York, NY: Infinity of Nations, Plains & Plateau

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 16/1351
Barcode: 161351.000

Object Type: Clothing/Garments

Object Name: Man's shirt
Media/Materials: Hide, woodpecker feather/feathers, porcupine quills, pigment/pigments, human hair, horsehair, stone, moth cocoons
Techniques: Sewn, painted, quill-wrapped (flat), fringed
Dimensions: 85 x 140 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws60aa926d7-7c63-45a4-af54-3bbc2b86ff45

Record ID: NMAI_173031