Ojibwe dance shirt

Titles: Ojibwe dance shirt (Supplied title)

Description: Ojibwe black velvet dance shirt was probably made for Kay-zhe-baush-kung (Otto Bismark) of Walker, Minnesota. It features both Ojibwe-style and Dakota-style beadwork lazy-stitched in two bands that extend from the front of the shirt over each shoulder and down the back. Either sleeve has a similar band extending the length of the sleeve to the cuff. The cuffs are spot-stitched with a multi-color floral pattern on a white background and fringed with leather thongs that are covered with white beads. Each thong terminates in a metal cone. Either side of the front slit neckline and center back has an applique of black velvet spot-stitched with floral beadwork. All beadwork bands are outlined with flat metal disks, each sewn with a blue or red bead at the center. Satin ribbon in very deep purple, very deep red or deep blue binds the edges of each band. See also dance items 1984.156 and 1984.157. The shirt was purchased by Neal Barnard at the Leech Lake Indian Reservation in Minnesota, 1920.

Dates

• Not later than 1920 (Creation)

Creation

• collected by: Barnard, Neal
• used by: Kezhebaushkung
• made by: Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe

Identifiers

• Accession Number: 1984.156.2

Credit: Minnesota Historical Society Collections, Bush Foundation Fund Purchase

Holding Type: 3D Objects

Quantity: 1 item

Format

• Content Category: artifacts

Measurements

• 27 7/8 inches length Taken from top of collar/neck to bottom center hem of shirt
• 15 1/2 inches width At shoulders, arms folded into shirt
• 62 3/8 inches width Arms outstretched

Subjects

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