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Hide Shirt

Unknown artist, c. 1890

1.5 m × 1.09 m

Almost as tall as you are. It comes to about the height of the person standing beside it.

Against things you know the size of

Height: 1.09 m
Width: 1.5 m
Medium: hide, pigment, glass beads, human hair
Kind: Textile
Made in: America, Native North American, Central Plains, Lakota Sioux, 19th century
Where the measurement comes from: Measured by the museum. The dimension is the one recorded by the institution that holds the work.
As the museum records it: Overall: 97.8 x 150 cm (38 1/2 x 59 1/16 in.)
Why this differs from the record: Recorded as 1.5 m × 98 cm. Hung to match the photograph.
Credit: Bequest of David S. McMillan

Five questions, answered from its own record. What is AGAI?

How big is it?: 1.5 m × 1.09 m. Almost as tall as you are. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?: Made c. 1890. It is in the public domain, and The Cleveland Museum of Art publishes it for open use.
Whose is it?: Everyone’s to see. It is held by The Cleveland Museum of Art: Bequest of David S. McMillan.
How was it made?: Hide, pigment, glass beads, human hair, made in America, Native North American, Central Plains, Lakota Sioux, 19th century, America, Native North American, Central Plains, Lakota Sioux, 19th century.
Who speaks for it?: Its record at The Cleveland Museum of Art. Measured by the museum. This gallery adds nothing it cannot cite.

One email. The smallest thing in the collection, the largest, and two that hang well together.

Scored on colour, shape, era and scale, the same way the gallery hangs them.