Dog Soldier Leggings (pair)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 8 Oct 1892
name: label: Collector
content: Mr. James Mooney
label: Donor Name
content: Bureau Of American Ethnology
notes: label: Notes
content: From old late 19th or early 20th century exhibit label with catalogue card: "Dog soldier's leggings and moccasins. Leggings of buckskin cut into a heavy fringe on outside seam. Moccasins made of buckskin with rawhide soles and ornamented with fringe and beadwork. Length: Leggings 27 1/2 inches; moccasins 10 inches. Kiowa Indians, 1892. Collected by James Mooney. The "Dog Soldiers" were a society of young warriors who took the lead in all military affairs and acted as police of the tribe."
label: Notes
content: [Describing all parts in E165237-0 through -1:] Dog Soldier leggings and moccasins. Leggings: Made of hide, unornamented except for long fringe along flaps. 33" (84 cm) (from Merrill, William L. et al. 1997. A Guide to the Kiowa Collections at the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Contributions to Anthropology, no. 40. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press.)
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Not Given, Oklahoma / Indian Territory, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Kiowa
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 026286
label: USNM Number
content: E165237-1
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Legging