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Object Number
985-27-10/60433B
Display Title
Blackfoot beaded legging.
Descriptions
Object Description
Legging from set: Blackfoot beaded shirt and legging. Panels of spotstitch beadwork down sleeves and front. Tubes of ermine fur on each sleeve. Pairs of brass bells at base of ermine strips. Rosette of beads. Red cloth trim. 1 legging w/ermine strip w/2 brass bells. Shirt 77.5x80 cm. Legging 85.6x41 cm.
Inventory Description
Legging, beaded strip, white with colored design, ermine and bells at side
Classification
- Legging
Department
Ethnographic
Date
19th century
Culture
- Blackfoot
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Montana?
Dimensions
Overall: 85 x 37 x 0.4 cm (33 7/16 x 14 9/16 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
985-27-10/60433B; 24259
Provenance
Collector
William H. Claflin, Jr.
(? - 1985)
Donor
William H. Claflin, Jr.
(? - 1985)
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