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Breechcloth

Dateca. 1890
Mediumnavy blue wool trade cloth with rainbow selvage, glass seed beads, silk ribbon
Dimensions63 1/2 × 22 1/2 × 3/8 in. (161.3 × 57.2 × 1 cm)
ClassificationsClothing
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds provided by a grant from Lilly Endowment Inc.
Object number2019.2.149
Wearing blanket
Unrecorded Otoe artist
1910-1930
Wearing blanket
Unrecorded Otoe artist
ca. 1890
Legging
Unrecorded Ojibwe artist
ca. 1850
Legging
Unrecorded artist from a tribal nation of the Great Lakes region
ca. 1890
Bandolier bag
Unrecorded Ojibwe artist
1905-1935
Wearing blanket
Unrecorded artist from a tribal nation of the Great Lakes region
ca. 1875
Masculine Legging
Unrecorded Miami artist
ca. 1870
Moccasin
Unrecorded Otoe artist
ca. 1900
Moccasin
Unrecorded Otoe artist
ca. 1880
Wearing blanket
Unrecorded Otoe artist
1895-1925
Shirt
Unrecorded Potawatomi artist
ca. 1875
Moccasin
Unrecorded Ojibwe artist
1890-1910

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