Woman's Leggings
Sioux-Metis
Dakota (Eastern Sioux)
Northern Plains
Plains
about 1850s
Native-tanned hide, glass beads, cotton cloth, cotton binding, metal, thread
Overall: 17 3/4 × 25 1/4 in. (45.1 × 64.1 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Edward W. Bush, Jr., Class of 1945, Tuck 1947
47.12.10803
Geography
Place Made: North and South Dakota, Canada, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Clothing: Outerwear
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Plains
Not on view
Exhibition History
Native American Art at Dartmouth: Highlights from the Hood Museum of Art, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, October 8, 2011-March 12, 2012.
Provenance
Collected by Captain Charles Akers Johnson (1840-1893) [during the time he was assigned to the Red Cloud Agency and Fort Robinson, Nebraska between 1877 and 1879]; by descent to his grand nephew Edward W. Bush, Jr. (1923-2006, Class of 1945, Tuck 1947), West Hartford, Connecticut; given to present collection, 1947.
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