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Object Number 985-27-10/59001
Display Title Pair of dance leggings
Descriptions
Object Description Pair of dance leggings. Made from rectangular piece of canvas. Half circle of thick cloth sewn on it. Narrower end of legging painted red. Pieces of cut red leather hang from 1 edge. Canvas covered w/ light blue pigment except for 3 edges where red. Strip of white w/ black designs.
Inventory Description Leg bands, cloth, partially fringed painted, red leather accents, hide ties
Classification
  • Accessory
Department Ethnographic
Date 20th century
Culture
  • Hopi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Arizona / Navajo County / Hopi Reservation / Second Mesa / Mishongnovi
Additional Geographic Terms Second Mesa
Dimensions Overall: 37.7 x 22.2 x 0.6 cm (14 13/16 x 8 3/4 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1 pair
Label on object 985-27-10/59001 & 24283; 24284
Provenance
Collector William H. Claflin, Jr. (08/01/1917)
Donor William H. Claflin, Jr. (1985)

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