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Beaded leather leggings with various geometric designs / Unknown

Essay/Description

This pair of hide leggings is decorated with beaded designs along the lower portion of the narrower end and up one side. The beaded design is of geometric designs in green, white, red, light blue, navy, and pink. There is a skinny rectangle of beading in similar designs that goes up one side and ends about halfway up the legging. The opening on the narrow end is edged in alternating navy and light pink beads. The opening on the wider end has a slit in the hide.

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Title(s): 
Beaded leather leggings with various geometric designs
Creator(s): 
Unknown
Culture: 
Native American; Cheyenne; Southern
Date: 
late 19th century
Period: 
Historic
Place: 
Great Plains, United States of America
Materials/Techniques: 
hide, glass
Classification: 
Object Type: 
Accession No: 
84.475a-b
Previous Number(s): 
84.475
Department: 
Not On View

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