A PLAINS CREE BEADED HIDE WAR SHIRT of classic construction with open sides, painted with a series of black lines on one side, horsetracks on the other, overlaid across the shoulders and down the arms with panels of beadwork, each sinew sewn and lane-stitched in pink and black beads against a blue beaded ground, with a stepped zigzag pattern, beaded bands at the neck in similar colors, trimmed with red wool trade cloth and ermine fur streamers, inscribed with ink, 9377 Width: 50 in. (127 cm.) across the arms
A PLAINS CREE BEADED HIDE WAR SHIRT of classic construction with open sides, painted with a series of black lines on one side, horsetracks on the other, overlaid across the shoulders and down the arms with panels of beadwork, each sinew sewn and lane-stitched in pink and black beads against a blue beaded ground, with a stepped zigzag pattern, beaded bands at the neck in similar colors, trimmed with red wool trade cloth and ermine fur streamers, inscribed with ink, 9377 Width: 50 in. (127 cm.) across the arms
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