woman's leggings

woman's leggings

woman's leggings

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Introduction

Woman's leggings. Hodenosaunee, Seneca. From the Allegany Reservation, New York. Collected by Alanson B. Skinner and acquired by the National Museum of the American Indian in 1925.

Nation of Maker: Hodenosaunee/Haudenosaunee Seneca
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular nation(s)

Information from catalogue card.

Place of Origin: Allegany Indian Territory
Summary of Source(s) for this Relative

Information from the catalogue card.

Materials

red woolen cloth (broadcloth or stroud?); blue cotton tape; size 12 opaque white and pearly white beads; size 10 opaque white beads; beige thread; reddish brown thread.

Techniques or Format

Each legging is made from a single piece of cloth. They are sewn up the front with a 5cm space left at the bottom, and cut to flare out at the bottom.
Of the two horizontal stripes in the beaded border, one is done in opaque white beads white and the other in pearly white beads.

Dimensions: 28 × 21 × 0 cm
Current Location: National Museum of the American Indian, Washington, D.C. USA
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: 136641
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1925
Collection Narratives and Histories

Alanson B. Skinner

GKS Reference Number: 25474
Record Creation Context

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

Record Creation Notes/Observations

As this is part of my doctoral research, I would like to keep this record private until I've completed my dissertation.

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