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Pair of woman's leggings
Native American, Sioux
late 1870s
Object Place: United States
Medium/Technique
Buckskin and beadwork
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number02.429-430
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionBuckskin ornamented with a geometric design worked with strings of beads tacked by parallel lines of sewing at intervals of about one centimeter. Design is blue, green, yellow and red on a white ground. Round brass bells are knotted onto the lacing cords.
Provenance1902, gift of Denman Waldo Ross (b. 1853 - d. 1935), Cambridge, MA, to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 1, 1902)