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Object Number 2005.5.4
Display Title Pair of leggings
Descriptions
Object Description Pair of woman's or girl's leggings composed principally of a panel of polychrome, quill-wrapped slats with muslin lining; sewn with a short cut fringed along the lower edge with some small beads. White background design with "gul" and rectangular polychrome elements with contrasting centers. Performance material.
Inventory Description Leggings, cotton, hide fringe, multiple quill wrapped strands, colored
Classification
  • Footwear
Department Ethnographic
Date late 19th century - early 20th century
Culture
  • Arapaho?
  • Sioux?
  • Reservation Period?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
Dimensions Overall: 30 x 18 x 1.1 cm (11 13/16 x 7 1/16 x 7/16 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 2005.5.4
Credit Line Gift of the family of Prof. & Mrs. Hallam L. Movius, Jr.
Provenance
Donor Alice V. N. Johnson (4/25/2005)
Donor Geoffrey Movius (4/25/05)

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