Half leggings

Titles: Half leggings (Supplied title)

Description: A pair of beaded Dakota-Metis half-leggings, probably from the Red River region of North Dakota, Minnesota, and Manitoba, circa the mid-19th century. The leggings are composed of soft deerskin exteriors and lined with red wool stroud and striped orange cotton fabric on the interior; the orange cotton fabric is also used as a tape at the hems of the leggings. The leggings are beaded on the front faces with a series of standalone fantasy floral and double-curved motifs typical of Dakota-Metis (as well as Santee Dakota and some Crow) beadwork decoration. Each legging is bordered in a beaded checkerboard motif. The leggings are mirror images of one another. One legging (A) retains the beaded and tasseled tie that runs through the top of the legging, which would have been used to cinch the garment over trousers just below the knee.

Dates

• Approximately 1850 - Approximately 1860 (Creation)
• 02/1867 - 1869 (Dates John B. Sanborn served as a member of the Indian Peace Commission, during which time he received these leggings.) (Use)

Creation

• collected by: Sanborn, John B. (John Benjamin)

Identifiers

• Accession Number: 2013.106.3.A,B

Holding Type: 3D Objects

Quantity: 1 pair items

Format

• Content Category: artifacts

Measurements

• 16 1/2 inches height
• 20 inches width

Subjects

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