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Beaded leather leggings / Unidentified

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Essay/Description

Boy's leggings made of buck hide and beaded.

Curatorial Remarks

Women's leggings.

Tags: leather, beaded
People: Cheyenne,
Places: Southern Plains, Oklahoma,
Purpose: domestic use, ceremonial, public events, dances,

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

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Title(s): 
Beaded leather leggings
Creator(s): 
Unidentified (Author)
Culture: 
Native American; possibly Arapaho, Cheyenne, or Oc'eti S'akowin (Sioux), Oglala
Date: 
circa 1900
Materials/Techniques: 
hide, glass
Classification: 
Ethnographic Objects
Object Type: 
Leggings
Accession No: 
84.461a-b
Previous Number(s): 
8427.461 a-b
Department: 
Anthropology
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