To best view the pictures your computer needs to be set in 800 x 600 x whatever you can "push". In Windows95, Go to start, settings, control panel, display, settings, and move to the 800 x 600 setting. If you can display 16 bit High Color, or better try these settings. If you can only display 800 x 600 x 256 color, set it there.
I had mistakenly made statements about this war shirt, and had not known that I did. I had ask for comments about it, and this is the e-mail that I received about it. I thank her very much.
That shirts and several other native American pieces of material were
acquired in the 1843 scientific expedition of the members of the Audubon
society from the upper Missouri River.The shirt was GIVEN to the chief
trader Alexander Culbertson where these materials later ended up in the
Montgomery Museum. Have you ever seen the other shirt they have
there???? And why the assumption that it belong to a chief. These
shirts were made to honour great warriors as well as Head Men of the
tribe. Also the sleeves on this shirt are closed or sewn together at
the wrist area with the arms unsewn from the wrist to the arm pit. So it
is a little difficult to just throw it off the arm as you state. I do
not mean to come off in a terse statement here. But as a rendezvouer
for almost 30 years and frequent researcher into Native American
Materials at museums all over the country......I do like to inform the
public of what the truth is closer too. Also working on a book on the
Plains Indian Shirts from 1770 to 1910 and have done ALLOT of photo and
first hand touching, feeling, holding and fondling of these shirts, that
they will let me. What a thrill to actually measure and work with these
materials.
Linda Holley
Please take what I was saying to help you out. I loved the pictures. YOu are
lucky to have them. Those shirts are very impressive. I was just shocked to
see them on the net.
Very few Buckskinners really know the old stuff. Most of what I see is new
1990s' idea
of what Buckskinning should be. If it is made of fur, feathers, leather, or
beads on anything it seems to be ok to do or wear. But you have a great
sight. Keep it up.
I would like to put it on my link when I get my sight finished for Tipi owners.
Linda
