Legging

Museum number:
2-19080
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.854
Description:
One of a pair; with totemic design (brown bear?) in green and black pigments on leather; fringed. Fur trim (probably otter) missing.
Donor:
Ellinor C. Davidson and George Davidson
Collection place:
Northwest Coast, United States
Verbatim coll. place:
; Northwest Coast
Culture or time period:
Tlingit
Collector:
George Davidson
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Leggings
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
1945
Context of use:
Dance legging (fide Bill Holm, February 1977). Would be worn with dance apron and blanket.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 31 centimeters and 32 centimeters
Comment:
References: Similar design in "The Far North", Collins, Henry et al, #279.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Legging, accession number 2-19080, described as One of a pair; with totemic design (brown bear?) in green and black pigments on leather; fringed. Fur trim (probably otter) missing.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Legging, accession number 2-19080, described as One of a pair; with totemic design (brown bear?) in green and black pigments on leather; fringed. Fur trim (probably otter) missing.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Legging, accession number 2-19080, described as One of a pair; with totemic design (brown bear?) in green and black pigments on leather; fringed. Fur trim (probably otter) missing.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Legging, accession number 2-19080, described as One of a pair; with totemic design (brown bear?) in green and black pigments on leather; fringed. Fur trim (probably otter) missing.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Legging, accession number 2-19080, described as One of a pair; with totemic design (brown bear?) in green and black pigments on leather; fringed. Fur trim (probably otter) missing.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Legging, accession number 2-19080, described as One of a pair; with totemic design (brown bear?) in green and black pigments on leather; fringed. Fur trim (probably otter) missing.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Legging, accession number 2-19080, described as One of a pair; with totemic design (brown bear?) in green and black pigments on leather; fringed. Fur trim (probably otter) missing.

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