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IVB2181(Kriegshemd)

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Object Name	war shirt
Tribe	Omaha
Object Type	shirt
Description	See notes
Museum	Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ethnologisches Museum, Berlin, Germany
Catalog Number	2181
Primary Material	leather
Primary Decorative	beadwork, lazy stitch
Subject	clothing/personal
Year of Coll/Manuf	1898ca
Notes	Ha'-u-non-zhin or War Shirt. The color of the War Shirt was always blue or green. The design used in the decoration, formally embroidered in porcupine quills which have been lately superceded by beads, always referred to the object seen by the warrior in his vision, in the present instance it is the Bear represented by its foot. A fringe of hair can only be added to the War Shirt by the consent of the warrior friends of the owner, each strand standing for one of their war honors"(La Flesche 1898:9)
Provenance	Francis La Flesche
State of Coll/Manuf	Nebraska
Collection	Omaha Indian Heritage Project

Object Name	IVB2181(Kriegshemd)
Tribe	Omaha

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