A Nez Perce or Blackfeet Bear Warrior Society Shirt c. 1850 hide, pigment, fur, glass seed beads, glass pony beads, porcupine quills, metal, custom metal stand; accompanied by a painted cloth cylindrical bonnet case in which the shirt was presented when it was gifted from the Crow to their friend, artist Bernard Preston Thomas. Provenance: Gifted by the Crow in the 1940s to Bernard Preston Thomas (1918 – 1992), Sheridan, WY. Thomas was an accomplished Western artist who painted accurate depictions of Crow life in earlier times. Exhibited: North by Southwest, The Mary Brogan Museum of Art and Science, Tallahassee, FL, 2010 Height: 21 inches HID03101062020 © 2020 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved See More