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Object Name	leggings
Tribe	Omaha
Object Type	leggings
Description	"Painted with green rings; beaded band; fringed with scalps and dyed horsehair"
Museum	Phoebe Hearst Museum, University of California, Berkeley, California
Catalog Number	2-5,196.00a,b
Primary Material	leather
Primary Decorative	beadwork
Secondary Decorative	paint
Subject	clothing/personal
Year of Coll/Manuf	1901-02
Length	1.17 m
Notes	"This type of legging, called 'big leggings', is worn only by important men like chiefs. Round dots represent hail referring to sacred and responsible character of the chief's office. UC Berkeley references: p. 354-355, 'The Omaha Tribe', BAE 27; Fletch
Provenance	Francis La Flesche
Collection	Omaha Indian Heritage Project