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Object Number
99-12-10/53056
Display Title
Red cloth Indian legging
Descriptions
Object Description
Red cloth Indian legging. Conservation assessment: the legging is made from a cut section red woolen cloth (balanced plain-weave; warps and wefts 9 epc; S spun singles. Blue trim is a 2/2 twill woven tape (Z spun single warps and wefts, with larger diameter warps); trim is folded over the red cloth edges, face and rear and stitched with a fine thread of 2 ply S vegetable fiber (stem/bast), genus/species unidentified . Paired dark blue bands (1.0 to 1.7 cm wide) near upper and lower areas of the legging, appliqued or stitched through to the rear side of the red cloth, are cut sections/strips from a fulled plain woven fine woolen cloth. Warps 20-22 epc. Blue cut bands are stitched with a 2 ply S fine silk thread.
Inventory Description
Legging, red wool with blue applique
Classification
- Legging
Department
Ethnographic
Date
before 1899
Culture
- Sioux
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
Materials
Wool, Vegetable fiber, Silk, Dye
Dimensions
Overall: 80 x 31.6 x 1 cm (31 1/2 x 12 7/16 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
53056
Credit Line
Gift of the Heirs of David Kimball, 1899
Provenance
Collector
David Kimball
(? - 1873)
Intermediary
Augusta K. Horton
(1873 - 1899)
Intermediary
L. Cushing Kimball
(1873 - 1899)
Intermediary
David P. Kimball
(1873 - 1899)
Donor
David Kimball
Donor
Augusta K. Horton
Donor
L. Cushing Kimball
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