black cloth, navy woolen cloth, striped cotton cloth, purple cotton tape fading to a yellowish pink, size 16 opaque white, greasy yellow and blue beads, size 10 and 11 opaque white beads, beige thread, black thread, bluish-grey residue on some of the beaded edging.

Made of black cloth, with the top quarter of both leggings made from a strip of navy woolen cloth, sewn to the bottom piece. The beadwork along the bottom was not sewn directly onto the leggings, but is on a separate piece of black cloth that has been sewn onto the legging, reinforced inside with a strip of striped cloth. The leggings have been sewn up, with a 6cm space left at the bottom and about the same at the top.

The leggings are cut with a gentle wavy pattern, with a small flare near the bottom and then another at the top.

The diamond chain motif found on the edge of the older beadwork was repaired and continued up the side of the leggings by the maker, though with larger bigger beads.

Joseph W. Keppler

This record was created by Stacey Loyer while at the NMAI on a Visiting Student fellowship, November 3-December 15 2009.