Pair of Leggings
Niitsitapii (Blackfoot / Blackfeet)
Northern Plains
Plains
late 19th century
Wool cloth, glass beads, and thread
Overall: 33 7/16 in. (85 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Guido R. Rahr, Sr., Class of 1951P
985.47.26602
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Clothing: Outerwear
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Plains
Not on view
Exhibition History
Patterns of Life, Patterns of Art: The Rahr Collection of Native American Art, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, May 2-June 19, 1987.
To Image and to See: Crow Indian Photographs by Edward S. Curtis and Richard Throssel, 1905-1910, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, July 1-September 5, 1993.
Publication History
Barbara A. Hail and Gregory C. Schwarz, Patterns of Life, Patterns of Art: The Rahr Collection of Native American Art, Hanover: Trustees of Dartmouth College, 1987, p.74, no.135.
Provenance
Collected by Guido Reinhardt Rahr, Sr. (1902-1985), Manitowoc, Wisconsin; given to present collection, 1985.
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