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Woman's legging (one of a pair)
Native American, Sioux
late 1880s
Object Place: United States, Plains
Medium/Technique
Buckskin and beadwork
Dimensions
Overall (Includes leather fringe): 50 x 45 cm (19 11/16 x 17 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number02.434
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionBuckskin, ornamented with a geometric design worked with strings of beads which are tacked to the skin by parallel lines of sewing about one centimeter apart. The design is blue, green, red, and a little bronze color, on a white ground. Cotton sewed on the top. On one side is a fringe with metal ends.
Provenance1902, gift of Denman Waldo Ross (b. 1853 - d. 1935), Cambridge, MA, to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 1, 1902)