Leggings

Knee Caps

NA1284.2

From: Alaska | Klukwan

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number NA1284.2
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Tlingit
Provenience Alaska | Klukwan
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Section American
Materials Mountain Goat Wool | Flannel | Cedar Bark | Hide | Pigment
Description

One of a pair of dancer's knee cap leggings made from a chilkat blanket fragment. The blanket piece is made from finger woven, wool-wrapped, cedar bark fiber warps and wool wefts in yellow, black, white, and teal colors. The upper end has a heart-shaped flap that would cover the knee. The edges of the blanket piece are hemmed with dark green cloth. Two dark blue, cloth panels are attached at the sides and cords attached to the back of the legging secure it to the wearer's leg.

Length 37.5 cm
Width 39 cm
Credit Line Alaska Ethnological Expedition, George Byron Gordon, 1905

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