Leggings
Quebec /Labrador Peninsula
18th century
caribou hide, paint, wool, glass beads
height: 19"
width: 9 ½"
Inventory # W1625d
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PROVENANCE
Reportedly descended through the family of Edwin Barwick, who fought in the war of 1812
Private collection, United Kingdom
Sotheby's, New York, lot 209
Lee Lyon Collection, Aspen, CO
RELATED EXAMPLES
National Museum of Man, NMM III-B-591 (The Speyer Collection) - See: "Bo'jou, Neejee!", Brasser, National Museum of Man, 1976, plate 17
Deutsches Ledermuseum, Offenbach, Germany, (11569) - See: The Spirit Sings, Glenbow Museum, McClelland and Stewart, 1987, pl. W1, page 37
National Museum of the American Indian, New York, NY, Nos.15.3156 and 3.2899 - See: Creation's Journey, Hill, Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, 1994, pg. 192