Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of the Free Museum of Science (later the University Museum at the University of Pennsylvania); acquired by George Heye in 1909 through an exchange with the Free Museum.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Eastern Shoshone
- Previous owner
- Free Museum of Science and Art (University of Pennsylvania Museum) (University Museum, University of Pennsylvania)
- Object Name
- Leggings
- Media/Materials
- Buffalo hide/skin, cotton cloth, hide thong/babiche
- Techniques
- Sewn, appliquéd, tied
- Dimensions
- 60 x 50 cm
- Object Type
- Clothing/Garments
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