Pictographic War Shirt
c. 1800-1820
Culture
Upper Missouri River
Country
United States
Object
shirt
Medium
Native tanned hide, porcupine quills, red trade cloth, dyes, and sinew
Accession Number
2019.656
Credit Line
Gift of Ken and Judy Siebel
Upper Missouri River artist, Pictographic War Shirt, c. 1800-1820. Native tanned hide, porcupine quills, red trade cloth, dyes, and sinew; 34 x 43 x 11 in. Denver Art Museum: Gift of Ken and Judy Siebel, 2019.656
Dimensions
height: 34 in, 86.36 cm; width: 43 in, 109.22 cm; depth: 11 in, 27.94 cm
Department
Native Arts
Collection
Indigenous Arts of North America
Known Provenance
Bill Chastain (dealer), Albuquerque, NM; Peter Mansfield, Arizona, 1981 or 1982; Grimmer Roche, Santa Fe, NM 2007; gifted 2019 by Mr. Kenneth F. Siebel to the Denver Art Museum
