Authentic Native American Indian Supple Elk Skin Ceremonial Dress 44"x 42"

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Authentic Native American Indian Supple Elk Skin Ceremonial Dress 44"x 42"
Authentic Native American Indian Supple Elk Skin Ceremonial Dress 44"x 42"
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Supple Elk Skin Ceremonial Dress
This is an authentic Native American ghost shirt, carefully created by a genuine American Indian artist of the Tigua Tribe. This decorative leather warrior shirt or ghost shirt as it is called represents a rich part of Indian history with great attention to detail, made with real elk skin leather. Used during the famous ghost dance, derived from the traditional circle dance, ghost shirts reflect a rich Native heritage.
The circle dance is the same as many traditional dances still performed today during Native American pow wows. Made with real leather, brass and horse hair, this rustic shirt is intended as a southwestern style wall hanging. Intricately hand stitched, this war shirt has great eye appeal. American Indian war shirts were originally made using items found in battle. Rough cut elk leather gives this shirt its warm look and feel of rich quality. Genuine horse hair fringe adds to the rustic look of this leather shirt.
Authentic Native American, Tribe: Tigua
Traditionally, war shirts were earned by warriors for for their performance and bravery in battle. Often pieces taken from the battle were used in the design. It is possible that an outstanding warrior would own several war shirts. Each shirt would be unique to the wearer and would be decorated accordingly. Horse hair or leather fringe is almost always included, representing the wind to help move the warrior swiftly.
There will NEVER be another one exactly like this one, each one is Handmade Only 1 ever made like this!
The War Shirt / Shirt Wearers Shirt / Scalp Shirt / Ceremonial Shirt
The original shirt wearers earned the right to wear War Shirts through great acts of bravery and deeds that were incorporated into the designs. Over a warriors lifetime, he would probably have owned more than one shirt. Some War Shirts were also thought to possess intrinsic spiritual powers which were transferred to the wearer. Buffalo hide was too thick to use, so the maker used Elk or deerskin's. However, the ideal hides came from mountain sheep that roamed the Rocky Mountains to the Missouri River and beyond. After the shirt was made, it could be decorated in many ways. Four strips of quill work or bead-work could be attached extending over the shoulders and hanging midway down the back, the other two strips attached to the sleeves next to the shoulder strips. Neck tabs or facings on back and front of the shirt were also seen on Plains Indian-war Shirts. Some tribes used square-shapes while others used pointed tabs or other shapes. Rosettes are often found on the early shirts in the middle of the chest and back. Hair from humans or horses often extended from the quilled arm strips and down the outside of the shoulder strips. Shirts with hair have been called scalp shirts, but they were only made with hair locks. Sometimes the same areas were decorated with fringe providing the flowing motion and a luxurious richness to the shirt. A shirt could also be filled with vivid paintwork or pictograph artwork
Early shirts were painted and decorated with quill-work and bigger beads. In the last part of the 19th century, shirts became more colorful with smaller beads and more intricate designs.
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The Native American Indian Artists use only genuine feathers, furs, bones, beads, leather, wood, stone, etc. in the making of each work of art. There is nothing artificial used unless it is required by law. No parts of animals such as bones, feathers, etc. are from any animals considered endangered. ALL feathers used are from Wild or Domestic Turkeys. (The bone components in our items are made of recycled deer, buffalo, or cattle bones or other materials allowed.)
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