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Beaded Leather Leggings


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Top and Center photos: Leather leggings front and back views- This pair of leggings is in the collection of the Milwaukee Public Museum, detailed information is in Alanson Skinner's "Ethnology of the Ioway Indians".

Bottom photo: These leggings, by Melinda Carriker, are based on the pair of leggings at the Milwaukee Public Museum and uses French glass beads size 4 mm for the design on the back and red glass padre beads on the front.

Thanks to Melinda Carriker, Ioway Farm Supervisor, Living History Farms


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