VINTAGE ~ RARE NATIVE AMERICAN BLACKFOOT BEADED LEGGINGS ~FROM RANCH ESTATE

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VINTAGE ~ RARE NATIVE AMERICAN HANDMADE ~ BEAUTIFUL BEADED RED WOOL FELT LEGGINGS WITH ERMINE TAILS & FEATHERED TIN CONES ~  THERE IS A LEATHER TAG INSIDE THE LEGGINGS WHICH SAYS:  "MADE BY BOB ELKHORN; BLACKFOOT TRIBE; SIKSIKA; MONTANA; 1957" ~ LEGGINGS ARE CLEAN AND LOOK NEW LIKE THEY WERE NEVER WORN. ~ TWO BEADED LOOM STRIPS; EACH IS 27" LONG x 2 1/8" WIDE DOWN EACH LEG ~  TOTAL OF 31 ERMINE TAILS (1 MISSING ON ONE SIDE); ERMINE TAILS ARE 6-8" LONG (2 TAILS ARE MISSING THE BLACK TIPS) ~ WHEN LYING FLAT:  EACH LEGGING IS 34" LONG x 15 1/2" WIDE AT TOP AND 13 5/8" WIDE AT BOTTOM.  THERE IS A MORE NARROW MEASUREMENT WHERE THE LEG GOES INTO THE LEGGING:  WHEN LYING FLAT, THE LEG WIDTH AT THE TOP IS 11" AND 8" AT THE BOTTOM; LEG CIRCUMFERENCE WOULD BE  22" AT THE TOP AND 16" AT THE BOTTOM. LEGGINGS HAVE 14" LONG FELT TIES ~ VALUE OF THE EXTRA LONG ERMINE TAILS ALONE WOULD BE EACH; LOOMED BEADWORK VALUE WOULD BE 0 ~  LEGGINGS ARE FROM MY LATE 90 YEAR OLD FATHER'S ESTATE AND RANCH.... MY ELDERLY MOM IS SELLING HIS COLLECTIBLES AS SHE UNPACKS THEM.