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Osage. <em>Leggings and G String</em>, late 19th–early 20th century. Cloth, ribbon, beads, 22 1/16 x 10 5/8 in. (56.0 x 27.0 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1911, Museum Collection Fund, 11.694.8986. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.11.694.8986_view1.jpg)
Osage. Leggings and G String, late 19th–early 20th century. Cloth, ribbon, beads, 22 1/16 x 10 5/8 in. (56.0 x 27.0 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1911, Museum Collection Fund, 11.694.8986. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.11.694.8986_view1.jpg)
Osage. <em>Leggings and G String</em>, late 19th–early 20th century. Cloth, ribbon, beads, 22 1/16 x 10 5/8 in. (56.0 x 27.0 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1911, Museum Collection Fund, 11.694.8986. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.11.694.8986_view1.jpg)

Osage. Leggings and G String, late 19th–early 20th century. Cloth, ribbon, beads, 22 1/16 x 10 5/8 in. (56.0 x 27.0 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1911, Museum Collection Fund, 11.694.8986. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.11.694.8986_view1.jpg)

Osage. <em>Leggings and G String</em>, late 19th–early 20th century. Cloth, ribbon, beads, 22 1/16 x 10 5/8 in. (56.0 x 27.0 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1911, Museum Collection Fund, 11.694.8986. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.11.694.8986_view2.jpg)

Osage. Leggings and G String, late 19th–early 20th century. Cloth, ribbon, beads, 22 1/16 x 10 5/8 in. (56.0 x 27.0 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1911, Museum Collection Fund, 11.694.8986. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.11.694.8986_view2.jpg)

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Leggings and G String

Arts of the Americas

CULTURE Osage
MEDIUM Cloth, ribbon, beads
  • Place Made: Pahuska, Oklahoma, United States
    • DATES late 19th–early 20th century
    DIMENSIONS 22 1/16 x 10 5/8 in. (56.0 x 27.0 cm)  (show scale)
    COLLECTIONS Arts of the Americas
    ACCESSION NUMBER 11.694.8986
    CREDIT LINE Museum Expedition 1911, Museum Collection Fund
    CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Blue wool leggings with ribbon work in blue, green, red, purple, gold, and beige. "G-String" was curator Stewart Culin's name for a pubic covering. Such an object is missing and is not in any written record so no description can be made.
    MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
    CAPTION Osage. Leggings and G String, late 19th–early 20th century. Cloth, ribbon, beads, 22 1/16 x 10 5/8 in. (56.0 x 27.0 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1911, Museum Collection Fund, 11.694.8986. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.11.694.8986_view1.jpg)
    IMAGE overall, CUR.11.694.8986_view1.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2006
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    Osage. <em>Leggings and G String</em>, late 19th–early 20th century. Cloth, ribbon, beads, 22 1/16 x 10 5/8 in. (56.0 x 27.0 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1911, Museum Collection Fund, 11.694.8986. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.11.694.8986_view1.jpg)

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