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Beaded hide leggings painted red, green, and blue with fringe / Unidentified

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The minimal beadwork with the yellow stain and style of leggings indicates that these leggings were likely created by a Southern Plains tribe. These are probably Kiowa or Comanche.

People: Southern Plains Tribes
Places: Southern Plains, Oklahoma
Purpose: domestic use, ceremonial use

From interviews with Dr. Garrick Bailey, 2018-2020 University of Tulsa, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology

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Title(s): 
Beaded hide leggings painted red, green, and blue with fringe
Creator(s): 
Unknown
Joseph Henry Sharp Collection (Collection)
Culture: 
Native American; Apache, Comanche, or Kiowa (artist and user)
Date: 
19th century - 20th century
Materials/Techniques: 
hide, glass, dye
Classification: 
Ethnographic Objects
Object Type: 
Leggings
Accession No: 
84.1734a-b
Previous Number(s): 
8427.1734 a-b
Department: 
Anthropology
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