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Treasures from the Riverboat Bertrand

Buffalo fur leggings

buffalo skin leggings
Edwin S. Grosvenor, copyright American Heritage Publishing.

Leggings made from buffalo skins like the ones recovered on the Bertrand would have been worn by miners and fur traders during the cold winter months in the north.

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