Man's shirt
- Date created
- circa 1790
- Culture/People
- Great Lakes
- Collector
- Major Andrew Foster, Non-Indian, 1768-1806
- Previous owner
- Major Andrew Foster, Non-Indian, 1768-1806
- Wells and Mendip Museum
- George Terasaki, Non-Indian
- Seller
- George Terasaki, Non-Indian
- Collection History
- Collected between 1790 and 1795 by British Army officer Major Andrew Foster (1768-1806) at Fort Miami or Fort Michilimackinac; inherited by his family and donated to the Wells and Mendip Museum (Wells, England) by Foster family members in 1936; removed from the collection of the Wells and Mendip Museum at an unknown date; acquired by George Terasaki (a New York art dealer) in 1965 or 1966; acquired by MAI through an exchange with George Terasaki in 1967.
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- Place
- Michilimackinac, Fort Miami; Cheboygan County, Saint Joseph County; Michigan; USA
- See related items
- Great Lakes
- Clothing/Garments
- On View
- NMAI, New York, NY: Infinity of Nations, Woodlands
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 24/2001
- Barcode
- 242001.000
- Object Type
- Clothing/Garments
- Object Name
- Man's shirt
- Media/Materials
- Cotton cloth, silver brooches, linen thread
- Techniques
- Sewn
- Dimensions
- 91 x 172 cm
- Record ID
- NMAI_257667