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Ceremonial Leggings, 19th century

  • Tlingit, Native American

Buckskin, puffin bills, flannel and quills

  • Overall (72.495.A): 17 × 12 1/4 × 3/4 inches (43.2 × 31.1 × 1.9 cm) Overall (72.495.B): 16 7/8 × 12 5/8 × 3/4 inches (42.9 × 32.1 × 1.9 cm)

Gift of Frederick Stearns

72.495

Department

Africa, Oceania & Indigenous Americas

between 1871-1895, acquired by Frederick Stearns (1831-1907

Detroit, Michigan, USA)

1907-present, bequest to the Detroit Museum of Art (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

probably Tlingit, Native American, Ceremonial Leggings, 19th century, buckskin, puffin bills, flannel and quills. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Frederick Stearns, 72.495.