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Weasel-tail shirt and leggings
Weasel-tail shirt and leggings
Weasel-tail shirt and leggings

Weasel-tail shirt and leggings

NameJacket and leggings
Artist Artist Not Recorded
CultureBlackfoot
Datec. 1895
Place madeMontana, United States, North America
Place madeAlberta, Canada, North America
MediumLeather, glass beads, brass beads, ermine tails, head and front legs, feathers, paint, wool
DimensionsShirt: 37 × 65 3/8 in. (94 × 166 cm)
Shirt, across sleeves: 66 9/16 in. (169 cm)
Leggings: 34 1/16 × 12 in. (86.5 × 30.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Florence Dibell Bartlett, A.1955.1.936 A-C AW
Object numberA.1955.1.936 A-C AW
DescriptionRed, white, blue beading, round medallion at chest. Painted polliwog motif, brass beading and many ermine tails and full skins, red feathers, leggings to match. Leggings are 86.5 cm x 30.5 cm.
Horned headdress with feather trailer
Artist Not Recorded
Late 19th century
Leggings
c.1910
Doll
1880 - 1910
Leggings
1910-1940
Covered basket
Artist Not Recorded
Pair of leggings (hoshi)
Unrecorded Ainu artist
ca. 1850
Leggings
1930-1939
Doll
c. 1970