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Object Number 45-25-10/28697
Display Title One pair of Leggings
Descriptions
Object Description Pair of heel bands (old) - made of porcupine quills and strips of buckskin. One pair of leggings - made of hide, raw hide, porcupine quills, horse hair, and wool. Design is a pyramid (mountain) motif. Made to look like porcupine quill work.
Inventory Description Anklets, quillwork, horsehair, red thread, leather backing, red yarn and cloth
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Anklet
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Hopi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Arizona
Additional Geographic Terms Arizona, northeast
Dimensions Overall: 22 x 9.4 x 0.8 cm (8 11/16 x 3 11/16 x 5/16 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object POISON/ 45-25-10/28697/ 3512
Provenance
Collector Dr. Jesse Walter Fewkes (1892)
Collector Thomas V. Keam (1892)
Donor Mary T. Hemenway (May 5, 1945)

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