Beaded shirt. Tunic has a high, rounded neck and long sleeves, with a wide fringe cut into the wrists and hem. The material is red stroud felt, with raw brown material along the hem. Heavy beaded panels cover the neck and shoulders front and back as well as the tops of the arms, with colour blocks in white and blue, and geometric patterns and crosses in red, white, yellow and green. A leather fringe hangs along the edges of the neck panel.

• Narrative

  Robert Gale's grandfather (Gervase Edward Gale) was a missionary and principal of St. Paul's School at Cardston, Alberta, on the Blood Reserve, c. 1904-1910. His grandmother, Hattie May is said to have collected the Blood (Kainai) objects in MOA accessions 3194 and 3239.

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• Type of Item shirt
• Culture Kainai
• Material cotton fibre, glass, leather skin, wool fibre
• Measurements height 77.5 cm, width 87.0 cm (overall)

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• Previous Owner Hattie May Gale, Karen Gale, Robert Gale
• Received from Robert Gale, Karen Gale

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• Made in Alberta
• Collected in Cardston

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• Creation Date before 1910
• Collection Date between 1904 and 1910
• Ownership Date before 1968, before August 15, 2016
• Acquisition Date on August 15, 2016

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• Item Classes beadwork; textiles
• Condition fair
• Accession Number 3194/0011