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Object Number
985-27-10/60113
Display Title
Pair of Sioux chaps. Some beadwork around edges. Fringed. Cloth tie
Descriptions
Object Description
Pair of Sioux chaps. Some beadwork around edges. Fringed. Cloth tie. Some larger trade beads tied to fringe. Covered w/ yellow ochre. Red pigment on fringe. 90.2x41.5 cm.
Inventory Description
Leather chaps, fringed, geometric beadwork on edges, larger red glass beads.
Classification
- Pants
- Raw Material
Department
Ethnographic
Date
19th century
Culture
- Sioux
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
Materials
Glass, Buckskin, Cloth
Dimensions
Overall: 94.5 x 38.5 cm (37 3/16 x 15 3/16 in.)
Quantity
3
Label on object
985-27-10/60113; 34155
Provenance
Provenance
Broken Arm
Collector
William Radcliff Morris
(1878-1893 - 1930)
Collector
William H. Claflin, Jr.
(1930)
Donor
Estate of William H. Claflin, Jr.
(1985)
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