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[[Image:Calamity jane.jpeg|right|thumb|200px|[[Calamity Jane]] dressed in buckskins.<br>Photo by [[H. R. Locke]]]] |
[[Image:Calamity jane.jpeg|right|thumb|200px|[[Calamity Jane]] dressed in buckskins.<br>Photo by [[H. R. Locke]]]] |
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'''Buckskins''' are [[clothing]], usually consisting of a [[jacket]] and [[leggings]], made from [[buckskin (leather)|buckskin]], a soft sueded leather from the hide of [[deer]] or [[Red Deer|elk]]. Buckskins are often trimmed with [[fringe]] (originally a functional detail, to allow the garment to dry faster when it was soaking wet because the fringe acted as wicks to soak away the water<ref>US Cavalryman, 1865-1890 by Martin Pegler</ref>, or [[quill]]s |
'''Buckskins''' are [[clothing]], usually consisting of a [[jacket]] and [[leggings]], made from [[buckskin (leather)|buckskin]], a soft sueded leather from the hide of [[deer]] or [[Red Deer|elk]]. Buckskins are often trimmed with [[fringe]] (originally a functional detail, to allow the garment to dry faster when it was soaking wet because the fringe acted as wicks to soak away the water<ref>US Cavalryman, 1865-1890 by Martin Pegler</ref>, or [[quill]]s. |
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Buckskins derive from deerskin clothing worn by [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Native Americans]]. They were popular with [[mountain men]] and other frontiersmen for their warmth and durability. Buckskin jackets, often dyed and elaborately detailed, are a staple of [[western wear]] and were a brief fad in the 1970s. |
Buckskins derive from deerskin clothing worn by [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Native Americans]]. They were popular with [[mountain men]] and other frontiersmen for their warmth and durability. Buckskin jackets, often dyed and elaborately detailed, are a staple of [[western wear]] and were a brief fad in the 1970s. |
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Revision as of 20:59, 21 October 2008
Photo by H. R. Locke
Buckskins are clothing, usually consisting of a jacket and leggings, made from buckskin, a soft sueded leather from the hide of deer or elk. Buckskins are often trimmed with fringe (originally a functional detail, to allow the garment to dry faster when it was soaking wet because the fringe acted as wicks to soak away the water[1], or quills.
Buckskins derive from deerskin clothing worn by Native Americans. They were popular with mountain men and other frontiersmen for their warmth and durability. Buckskin jackets, often dyed and elaborately detailed, are a staple of western wear and were a brief fad in the 1970s.
References
- ^ US Cavalryman, 1865-1890 by Martin Pegler
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