leggings

leggings

leggings

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Introduction

A pair of red stroud Odawa leggings are elaborated with complex ribbon work.

Nation of Maker: Odawa
Nation of Origin

Patterns of Power

Date Made or Date Range: Early 19 C
Summary of Source(s) for this Relative

Phillips, Ruth. Patterns of Power. Kleinburg: McMichael Canadian Collection, 1984.

Materials

Red stroud; silk ribbon, black, white, light blue, royal blue, deep rose, green, pink, yellow, lavender; commercial thread.

Dimensions: 60 × 23.5 × 0 cm
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses

Patterns of Power, early 19th century.

Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: ROM 936.54.2ab
Collection Narratives and Histories

These leggings were the gift of Joseph Peltier of Manitowaning, Manitoulin Island.

Publication History

Phillips, Ruth. Patterns of Power. Kleinburg: McMichael Canadian Collection, 1984.

GKS Reference Number: 1297
How to Cite this Item

Unknown artist, leggings. Currently in the Royal Ontario Museum, 936.54.2ab. Item photographed and described as part of a GRASAC research trip December 2008; GRASAC item id 1297.

Approximate Place of Origin

44.2, -84.4

Source of Information about Places

Patterns of Power