Object Number | 70-9-547B |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Blackfeet |
Provenience | Northern Plains |
Culture Area | Great Plains Culture Area |
Date Made | 1875-1899 |
Section | American |
Materials | Hide | Fur | Fiber | Bead | Pigment |
Description | Man's. Each legging is single piece of native tanned hide folded and secured on open side at fourteen points with strips of hide that tapers from top to bottom; ten ermine skins wrapped with red stroud attached to open side of each legging; 25 "tadpole" design (5 rows of 5 each) are painted on each legging with mineral paint; band of beadwork (concentric spot stitched stepped triangles in green, red, and navy blue against white background) done on canvas is attached at open edge of each legging; commercial cotton thread is used for sewing. |
Length | 79.5 cm |
Width | 31 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Samuel Pennypacker, 1970 |
Other Number | 8 - Other Number | 70-9-546 - Associated Object Number | 70-9-548 - Associated Object Number |
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