Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected by anthropologist Frank G. Speck (1881-1950) at an unknown date; purchased by MAI from Frank Speck in 1921 using funds donated by MAI trustee James B. Ford (1844-1928).
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Niantic
- Artist/Maker
- Betsy Nonsuch (Betsy Nunsuch/Betsy Nonesuch), Niantic, 1818-1889
- Seller
- Dr. Frank G. Speck (Frank Gouldsmith Speck/F.G. Speck/FGS), Non-Indian, 1881-1950
- Collector
- Dr. Frank G. Speck (Frank Gouldsmith Speck/F.G. Speck/FGS), Non-Indian, 1881-1950
- Presenter/funding source
- James Bishop Ford (James B. Ford), Non-Indian, 1844-1928
- Object Name
- Woman's leggings
- Media/Materials
- Wool cloth, cotton cloth, glass bead/beads
- Techniques
- Sewn, raised beadwork, overlay beadwork, edge beaded
- Object Type
- Clothing/Garments
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