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ProvenanceMorning Star Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Bibliography"Tenth Anniversary of the Eugene and Clare Thaw Collection of American Indian Art, 1995-2005" in Heritage magazine, 2005, vol 20. pg. 25.
Fognell, Eva and Alexander Brier Marr, eds. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection at the Fenimore Art Museum, 2nd ed. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2016, p. 175.
Legging
Datec. 1840-1850
DimensionsOverall: 7 × 46 in. (17.8 × 116.8 cm)
Object numberT0822a-b
Credit LineGift of Richard A. Gates
Photograph by Richard Walker
Label TextThese leggings illustrate the earliest expressions of Plains beadwork. In the early 1800s European glass beads were not readily available and their rarity was such that trade for 100 beads equaled the cost of a horse. The first beads to be obtained were pony beads, a fairly large sized bead that was replaced around 1850 with smaller seed beads. The beads were a new medium for the women and they translated their traditional geometric and abstract compositions in quillwork and paint onto their beadwork designs. The leggings are beaded and painted with symbolic markings that record the warrior’s accomplishments in battle.ProvenanceMorning Star Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Bibliography"Tenth Anniversary of the Eugene and Clare Thaw Collection of American Indian Art, 1995-2005" in Heritage magazine, 2005, vol 20. pg. 25.
Fognell, Eva and Alexander Brier Marr, eds. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection at the Fenimore Art Museum, 2nd ed. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2016, p. 175.
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