Leggings painted with green rings. Beaded band; fringed with scalps and dyed horsehair.
Donor:
David Ives Bushnell Jr., G. B. Gordon, Phoebe Apperson Hearst, and W. C. Farabee
Collection place:
Central Plains, Great Plains, North America
Verbatim coll. place:
; Central Plains
Culture or time period:
Umoⁿhoⁿ
Collector:
Francis La Flesche
Collection date:
1901-1902
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Leggings
Accession date:
1904 and September 8, 1902
Context of use:
This type of legging, called "big leggings", is worn only by important men like chiefs. Round dots represent hail referring to sacred and responsible character of the chief's office.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 117 centimeters
Comment:
Photo: 13/91 (plate 49, p. 354); 13/92; 13/96. Exhibited: UCLMA, "Plains Indians", 1971. References: p. 354-355, "The Omaha Tribe", BAE 27; Fletcher & LaFlesche. This type of legging, called "big leggings", is worn only by important men like chiefs. Round dots represent hail referring to sacred and responsible character of the chief's office.