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Collection: Warnock
Item Number: WC8808034
Category: Leggings - Men's Leggings
Region: Plains
Tribe: Blackfoot
Period: 1825-1850
Materials: Native tanned deerskin; black, white and blue glass pony beads; sinew sewn.
Description: Hide leggings decorated with beaded strips running vertically along outer edge. Bead design consists of two blocks where black and white beads are arranged in alternating rows with these blocks separated by blocks of blue. Hide fringe also decorates the sides. Fixed to the leggings is a small blue collectors stamp with the number 77.
Dimensions: Length 37 inches 94 cm.
Provenance:
From a private museum in Switzerland founded in the 1830s or 1840s
Alexander Gallery
Epic Fine Arts Co./Masco Corp.
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