Collection: Warnock

Item Number: WC8308014

Category: Leggings - Men's Leggings

Region: Plains

Tribe: Sioux - Southern Teton

Period: 1825-1850

Materials: Native tanned deerskin; native tanned buffalo hide (strips), black and white glass seed beads; sinew sewn.

Description: This pair of deerskin leggings is decorated with beaded strips. The leggings are beaded in parallel (lazy) stitch technique. The design consists of a block of black accented with black triangles against a white background.

Dimensions: Length 35 inches 89 cm

Provenance:

Collected at Ft. Kearny, Nebraska, 1849
Alexander Gallery
Epic Fine Arts Co./Masco Corp.

Exhibitions:

Akicita, The Southwest Museum, Los Angeles, May 17, 1983 - July 10, 1983
Splendid Heritage, The Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City, February 10, 2009 - March 1, 2010
Buffalo Bill Historical Center, Cody, Wy, May 1, 2010 - October 31, 2010
Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, Mo, Febuary 12, 2010 - April 24, 2010

References:

Warnock, John and Marva Warnock, eds, Splendid Heritage: Perspectives on American Indian Art, University of Utah Press, Salt Lake City, 2009, pp 24

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