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Object Number
985-27-10/59584A
Display Title
Pair of women's leggings.
Descriptions
Object Description
Pair of Sioux woman's leggings. Hide with lane stitch beadwork in strips of blue and yellow. One band of red around bottom. 52.0x17.0 cm.
Inventory Description
Leggings, yellow, blue and red stripe design, ties at sides
Classification
- Legging
Department
Ethnographic
Date
19th century
Culture
- Sioux
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
Materials
Leather, Glass, Antelope hide
Dimensions
Overall: 50 x 17 x 1.5 cm (19 11/16 x 6 11/16 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
985-27-10/59584, 34142
Provenance
Collector
William H. Claflin, Jr.
(1930)
Collector
William Radcliff Morris
(1878-1893 - 1930)
Donor
Estate of William H. Claflin, Jr.
(1985)
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