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Leggings

Leggings, ca. 1950

  • Potawatomi, Native American

Deerskin and beads

  • Overall (81.585.A): 32 1/2 × 12 3/4 × 1/2 inches (82.6 × 32.4 × 1.3 cm) Overall (81.585.B): 33 3/4 × 12 3/4 × 1/2 inches (85.7 × 32.4 × 1.3 cm)

Founders Society Purchase

81.585

Department

Africa, Oceania & Indigenous Americas

Details

Milford G. Chandler [1889-1981]

purchased by Richard A. Pohrt [1911-2005] (Flint, Michigan, USA)

1981-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Potawatomi, Native American, Leggings, ca. 1950, deerskin and beads. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, 81.585.

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