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Pair of leggings

Artist Yanktonai Dakota

Date1879-1882

MediumDeerskin, wool, sinew, quill

DimensionsOther: 52 × 24 cm (20 1/2 × 9 7/16 in.)

ClassificationsCostume

Credit LineGift of Ogden B. Read

Object number1881.3.57

DescriptionLeggings cut and sewn from deerskin. Leggings are long and rectangular and have 2" fringe cut into the bottom part. It is basically a cream color skin except for the decorated areas. All the sewing has been done with sinew. A bias of navy blue wool has been sewn along the top edge of the leggings. Directly under that is an edging of deerskin cut into triangles. A 12x1.5" strip or quill worn extends from the triangle trim to the 7" v-shaped slit at the bottom of the leggings. The 12" strip has been created from cross hatched quills, white and blue (aqua & medium) quills mixed in (I think that most of the white area was dark pink, but is now faded or has been washed out); 2.5" darker yellow fringe boders each side of the quill strip; the bottom fringe is faded orange- red color.

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