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AN EASTERN WOODLANDS BOY'S EMBROIDERED WOOL ENSEMBLE
consisting of a breechcloth, a pair of leggings with garters and a drop, constructed of red wool trade cloth decorated with narrow panels of blue, green, purple and ivory silk ribbon, cut and appliqued in a classic diamond pattern
Lengths: the breechcloth, 53¾ in. (136.5 cm.); the leggings, 20 in. (50.8 cm.) each (6)
consisting of a breechcloth, a pair of leggings with garters and a drop, constructed of red wool trade cloth decorated with narrow panels of blue, green, purple and ivory silk ribbon, cut and appliqued in a classic diamond pattern
Lengths: the breechcloth, 53¾ in. (136.5 cm.); the leggings, 20 in. (50.8 cm.) each (6)
Literature
Illustrated in Waldlandindianer und Bisonjager Nordamerikas, page 1 and in Die Prarieindiander Nordamerikas 1840 - 1890, plate 27.
Exhibited
Amerika Haus Berlin, Mar. 1 - 31, 1971; Jan. 26 - Mar. 3, 1976