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Pair of Half Leggings
ca. 1870
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Native American
Métis
Deerskin, wool cloth and glass beads
Overall (each): 17 × 9 inches (43.2 × 22.9 cm)
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Indigenous Americas
Gift of Allen Ledyard
2008.30
Public Domain
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1997, bequethed to Allen Ledyard (Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan, USA);2008-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Métis, Native American, Pair of Half Leggings, ca. 1870, deerskin, wool cloth and glass beads. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Allen Ledyard, 2008.30.
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