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Leggings

Leggings, ca. 1900

  • Arapaho, Native American

Buckskin and beads

  • Overall (legging): 20 3/8 × 9 1/4 × 3/4 inches (51.8 × 23.5 × 1.9 cm) Overall (legging): 20 × 8 1/2 × 3/8 inches (50.8 × 21.6 × 1 cm)

Gift of Lillian Henkel Haass

58.300

Department

Africa, Oceania & Indigenous Americas

Details

Lillian Henkel Haass [1879-1960] (Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan, USA)

1958-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Arapaho, Native American, Leggings, ca. 1900, buckskin and beads . Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Lillian Henkel Haass, 58.300.

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