Dakota wool leggings with spot-stitched beadwork

Titles: Dakota wool leggings with spot-stitched beadwork (Supplied title)

Description: This woman's pair of wool leggings has spot-stitched beadwork in an otter-tail design. The leggings were reportedly worn as part of a Dakota ceremonial jingle dress made by Lucy Pair in 1905 (see also blouse and skirt, ID Numbers 1141.A.1 and 1141.A.2).

Dates

• Exactly 1905 (Creation)
• Exactly 1936 (Content)

Creation

• made by: Pair, Lucy
• given by: Cowles, Elizabeth Fowler

Identifiers

• Accession Number: 1141.B.1,2

Credit: Minnesota Historical Society Collections, Gift of the Sibley House Association of the Minnesota Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution.

Holding Type: 3D Objects

Quantity: 1 pair items

Format

• Content Category: artifacts

Measurements

• 22 inches length (1141.B.1)
• 15 3/4 inches width (1141.B.1)
• 20 inches length (1141.B.2)
• 14 1/2 inches width (1141.B.2)

Subjects

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