Pair of Beaded Legging Strips

Ho-Chunk (Winnebago)
Great Lakes Woodlands
Woodlands

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not dated

Leather, beads, cloth and canvas

Overall: 20 1/16 × 2 15/16 in. (51 × 7.5 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Mrs. Mary Perley in honor of the Class of 1943 and her husband Henry G. Perley, Jr., Class of 1943

172.25.25430

Geography

Place Made: United States, North America

Period

20th century

Object Name

Clothing: Outerwear

Research Area

Native American

Native American: Woodlands

Not on view

Course History

ANTH 11.01/NAIS 11.01, Ancient Native Americans, Maddie McLeester, Fall 2022

Provenance

Chief Henry Red Eagle, Henry Gabriel Perley (1885-1972), Greenville, Maine; to his daughter-in-law, Mary Perley [widow of Henry Gabriel Perley, Jr., 1921-1972, Class of 1943], Rockville, Connecticut; given to present collection, 1972.

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