Legging
| Object Number: | 70-9-547B |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Blackfeet |
| Provenience: | Northern Plains |
| Culture Area: | Great Plains Culture Area |
| Date Made: | 1875-1899 |
| Early Date: | 1875 |
| Late Date: | 1899 |
| Section: | American |
| Materials: | Hide Fur Fiber Bead Pigment |
| Length: | 79.5 cm |
| Width: | 31 cm |
| Credit Line: | Bequest of Samuel Pennypacker, 1970 |
| Other Number: | 8 - Field No SF |
Description
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.
Bibliography:
| [Other] Wm. D. Morley, Inc. Inventory and Appraisement - Personal Property - The Estate of Samuel W. Pennypacker, 2nd, Dec'd. - Haldeman Road Schwenksville, RD 1 Penna. October 15, 1968.. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 26 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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