Buckskin, yellow stained; sinew sewn; geometric designs in red/white/blue beading. One bead design element used here is most commonly found on blanket decorate not leggings, fide D. Finster.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Great Plains, North America
Verbatim coll. place:
Great Plains
Culture or time period:
Plains and Prairie tribes
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Leggings
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
May 1909
Context of use:
Worn with separate moccasins; fastened below knee. Probably belonged to female child.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 42 centimeters
Loans:
S1973-1974 #69: Art Gallery (UC Santa Barbara ) (March 19, 1974–July 29, 1974)