Legging
45-15-308A
Location: On Display in the Native American Voices
From: United States of America | Southern Plains
Curatorial Section: American
Object Number | 45-15-308A |
Current Location | Native American Voices - On Display |
Culture | Arapaho (uncertain) | Southern Cheyenne (uncertain) |
Provenience | United States of America | Southern Plains |
Culture Area | Great Plains Culture Area |
Section | American |
Materials | Buckskin | Fiber | Glass | Cowrie Shell | Nut (plant) | Metal | Deer Tail | Cat Fur |
Technique | Beaded |
Iconography | Star |
Description | Boy's legging. Yellow buckskin, beaded band at ankle. Margin of side flap, dark blue and red bars and triangles on white ground. Four beaded stars on flap, fringe with red nuts, cowries, sleigh bell, deer-tail on one legging, wild cat kitten tail on other, beaded cylinder mountings. |
Height | 45 cm |
Width | 22 cm |
Depth | 2.5 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from Mrs. Owen Stephens, 1945 |
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