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Object Number
79-9-10/17345
Display Title
Leggings
Descriptions
Object Description
Leggings; short painted leggings.Constructed from a single piece of skin, each legging is folded in front to form a fringed panel, 13.4 cm l. Some quill binding on fringe. Panel and main section painted with stylized animal and human motifs.Except for slight variation in pigment, each piece is identical.Predominant color field is provided by natural buckskin surface, and green-blue pigment, outlined in brown.
Deerskin leggings to match apron were part of a chief's dancing regalia and worn around lower legs. Edged with fur. Fringes once wrapped at base with porcupine quills.
Inventory Description
Leather leggings, painted zoomorphic designs, fringed, quillwork
Classification
- Pants
Department
Ethnographic
Date
Early 19th Century
Culture
- Tlingit
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
Materials
Leather, Pigment, Quill
Dimensions
Overall: 41.4 x 46.3 x 0.4 cm (16 5/16 x 18 1/4 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
79-9-10/17345
Provenance
Collector
Unknown
(?)
Donor
A. H. Edmands
(April, 1879)
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