Man’s outfit; Plains Cree; 1840-1850 Hide, porcupine quills, beaver toes, sinew, pigments; l. of shirt at front, 105 cm; l. of inside leggings, 115 cm. RMV 524-2 and 3; purchased from antiquarian L. Yvan, Paris, 1885 This man’s costume, consisting of a shirt and leggings, is made of Native-tanned thin skin, presumably antelope or deerskin. Originally it was cream-colored, but the outside has faded ...
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