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Wool leggings with silk ribbonwork / Unknown

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The ribbonwork is indicative of Osage style. The leggings are part of a straight dance outfit. They would have been worn during an I'n-Lon-Schka dance.

Tags: silk, wool, blue, purple, ribbonwork, red, green, men, straight dance outfit, I'n-Lon-Schka dance
People: Osage
Places: Southern Plains, Oklahoma
Purpose: social events, recreational activities, dances

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

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Title(s): 
Wool leggings with silk ribbonwork
Creator(s): 
Unknown
Culture: 
Native American; Osage
Date: 
circa 1900
Materials/Techniques: 
wool, silk
Classification: 
Ethnographic Objects
Object Type: 
Leggings
Credit Line: 
Gift of Mary Thompson Bryan and Lawrence E. Bryan
Accession No: 
99.267a-b
Previous Number(s): 
TL1999.54.67a-b; 99.267 a-b
Department: 
Anthropology
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