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Shirt decoration
Shirt decoration
Dateunknown
MediumTanned hide, glass beads, and horse or cow tail
DimensionsOverall: 23 1/2 in. × 2 in. × 1 in. (59.7 × 5.1 × 2.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of James H. Glass, H1912. Transferred from the Knox Hall of Natural History, Hamilton College
Object number1984.553
Not on view
DescriptionFragment of beaded leather with horsehair

Additional Details

Alternate Titles Beaded hide item
Exhibition History 2011
Clinton, NY (Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College). "Learning to Look: Hamilton's Cabinets, Galleries and Museums Past, Present and Future," September 15 - December 16, 2011 (no cat.).
Provenance 1984: Hamilton College (Emerson Gallery), by transfer from the Anthropology Department;
by 1979 - 1984: Hamilton College (Anthropology Department), by transfer from the Knox Hall of Natural History;
c. 1881: Hamilton College (Knox Hall of Natural History), by gift of James H. Glass.
Markings Marked in black ink on back of leather: NAPL / 10; in black in on back of leather: E96
Fragment of a beaded loop
Date: unknown
Medium: Leather and glass beads
Object number: 1984.536
Photograph by John Bentham.
Date: c. 1870-75
Medium: Leather with dentalium shells and trade beads
Object number: 1984.456
Knife sheath
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Rawhide with brass tacks, glass seed beads, and red paint
Object number: 1984.541
Knife Sheath
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Leather with rawhide, glass beads, and tin cone dangles
Object number: 1984.542
Club
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Stone, wood, leather, and glass beads
Object number: 1984.544
Awl case
Date: unknown
Medium: Leather, porcupine quill, feathers, tin cones, and glass beads
Object number: 1984.535
Knife sheath
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Leather with rawhide, glass beads, and sinew
Object number: 1984.543
Fragment of a Beaded Loop
Date: unknown
Medium: Leather; blue and white glass beads
Object number: 1984.537
Peyote Feather Fan
Danielle Shenandoah Patterson
Date: late 20th century
Medium: Beads, deerskin, feathers, and paint
Object number: 1995.8
Pipebag
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Leather with sinew, porcupine quill, yarn, and glass beads
Object number: 1984.533
Club
Date: unknown
Medium: Leather, wood, stone, and glass beads
Object number: 1984.547
Beaded blanket strip
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Tanned leather, sinew, and glass beads
Object number: 1984.532