Tunic

Description

Man's tunic, of reindeer leather, decorated with broad bands of beadwork in geometric forms, with painted bars and circles, and with fringes of stoat skins tipped with red and blue feathers on sleeves: North America, USA, Plains, probably Sioux, mid - late 19th century

Museum reference

A.1895.337

Collection

Americas

Object name

Tunic

Production information

Unknown
USA, North America

Date

Mid - late 19th century

Style / Culture

Sioux

Materials

Reindeer leather, Beadwork, Stoat skin

Physical description

Reindeer leather; broad bands of beadwork in geometric forms; fringes of stoat skins tipped with feathers on sleeves

Collection place(s)

USA, North America

Exhibitions

• Patterns of Life (29 Jul 2011)
  National Museum of Scotland

On display

national museum of scotland »
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world cultures, patterns of life