Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected from George Spybuck (Oklahoma Shawnee) in 1908 by Chief William M. Skye (Peoria, 1868-1923) during fieldwork with anthropologist Mark Raymond Harrington (1882-1971, MAI staff member) sponsored by George Heye.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Oklahoma Shawnee
- Collector
- Chief William M. Skye (Bill Skye), Peoria, 1868-1923
- Previous owner
- George Spybuck, Oklahoma Shawnee
- MAI agent
- Mark Raymond Harrington (M. R. Harrington/MRH), Non-Indian, 1882-1971
- Object Name
- Man's leggings
- Media/Materials
- Wool cloth, silk ribbon, glass bead/beads, thread
- Techniques
- Sewn, ribbonwork appliqué, edge beaded, strung
- Dimensions
- 33 x 78 cm
- Object Type
- Clothing/Garments
- Indigenous Term
- ma ta" ta wa te'
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