Native American Indian artifact from the Intro collection - Ute Leggings

Exhibit Area: Intro

Case Number: 1E

Item Number: WC9302001

Category: Leggings - Men's Leggings

Region: Great Basin

Tribe: Ute

Period: 1860

Materials: Native tanned deerhide; native tanned buffalo hide; white, pink, black and yellow glass seed beads; porcupine quills; dyed horsehair; red wool yarn; red and black paint; sinew sewn beadwork.

Description: Men's leggings decorated with beaded strips consisting of a repetititive step pattern in pink and black beads against a white background. One legging is painted with horizontal black stripes. The other is painted with diagonal stripes in red and black paint.

Condition: Fair: fringe is tattered; hide is sewn.

Dimensions: Length 36 inches

Provenance:

Ernest Modlin Collection Alexander Gallery Epic Fine Arts Co. - Masco Corp.