Leggings by Comanche Nation
Art Institute of Chicago

Leggings

Comanche Nation · c. 1895

Provenance

Ownership history

  1. Reportedly owned by Quanah Parker (c. 1850-1911) [this and the following according to Mauer 1977, 196]; collected at Fort Sill, Indian Territory (now OK), 1899. J.H. [Jacob Howard] Euston (1892-1965), Chicago, by 1965 [this and the following according to letter from Father Peter J. Powell, Sept. 11, 2018; copy in curatorial object file]; bequeathed to Father Peter J. Powell (1928-2022), Chicago, 1965 [on loan to the Art Institute of Chicago from Feb. 24 1977, incoming receipt, RX10969; copy in curatorial object file; Maurer 1977]; by descent to his estate, 2022; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2023.

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.

Exhibitions

Exhibition history

  • Art Institute of Chicago, <a href="https://www.artic.edu/exhibitions/6669/the-native-american-heritage-a-survey-of-north-american-indian-art"><em>The Native American Heritage: A Survey of North American Indian Art</em></a>, July 16–Oct. 30, 1977, cat. 262.

Literature

Published references

  • Evan M. Maurer, <em>The Native American Heritage: A Survey of North American Indian Art</em>, exh. cat. (Art Institute of Chicago, 1977), 196, cat. 262 (ill.).

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