Legging One, Man's Left, Decorated
date: label: Accession Date
content: 21 Oct 1881
name: label: Collector
content: George Catlin
label: Donor Name
content: Mrs. Joseph Harrison Jr.
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "One left legging of skin, decorated with quillwork, beadwork and painting. Longitudinal band with quillworked center portion and side bands of blue and white pony beads, totaling 1 3/4" in breadth. The quillwork applied in unique technique - vertical bands (3) wrapped about horse (?) hair sewed down in center of bands; beads sewed in horizontal lines by lazy stitch. On lower inside of leg is red and black cloth patch edged with blue and white pony beads. Lower inside portion also painted with red and black linear design. In present condition this specimen too hard and brittle to extend, but appears to be of the type of rt. legging No. 510 in construction of upper portion - ie. wraps around body and ties. Important for comparison with that legging to show how a pair of such leggings may have been worn. - John C. Ewers, Jan. 15, 1948."
label: Notes
content: Decoration includes quill-wrapped horsehair, per p. 67 in Holm, Bill, 2001, "Quill-Wrapped Horsehair: Two Rare Quilling Techniques", pp. 53-68 in Feest, Christian F. 2001. Studies in American Indian art: a memorial tribute to Norman Feder. Altenstadt, Germany: European Review of Native American Studies.
label: Notes
content: E386508, and E358510 - 15 are listed as bottom tab leggings in the Postnote on p. 159 in Feder, Norman. "Bottom Tab Leggings." American Indian Tradition, Vol. 8(4): 148 - 159 (1962).
label: Record Last Modified
content: 7 Feb 2023
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Plains, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Plains Indian
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 010638
label: USNM Number
content: E386514-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Legging