NATIVE AMERICAN MAN'S BUCKSKIN SHIRT AND LEATHER PATCHWORK PANTS; 1964 or later
The shirt made of yellowish tan leather sections, one side smoothly tanned, the other side left suede; with machine-sewn side, shoulder, and inner collar seams; the sleeves, neck facing, and outer collar attached with leather strips; the lower side seams embellished with decorative lacing; the edges of the collar and front neck opening finished also with decorative lacing; the collar decorated with a floral band in dark red, green, blue, yellow, and gunmetal glass beads; the sleeve seems and hem cut to form fringes; many free-hanging leather strips around the neck opening, at the sleeve ends, and at the sides of the hem, many strung with a brown wooden bead (some glass beads along one edge at the back of the collar loose or missing); the pants made of dark blue Levi's Sta-Prest cotton pants covered with leather patches of different shapes, sizes, colors, and types sewn on by hand with twine and cotton string; three round incised silver concho ornaments (possibly Navajo) tied on with leather straps along each outer side seam; three wide leather belt straps fastened vertically to waist band with grommeted brass buttons; with two front and two back pockets (some hand stitching coming undone; cloth patch over groin area mostly worn away)



shirt: 30 inch height, 17 ½ inches across shoulder, 21 inches across chest (76.2 x 45 x 53.3 cm)
pants: 31 ½ inches around inside waist, 29 inch instep length, 39 inch total length (80 x 73.7 x 99 cm)