legging panels, beaded, from a pair of men's leggings
legging panels, beaded, from a pair of men's leggings
legging panels, beaded, from a pair of men's leggings
A pair of leggings that have been cut into four pieces, probably men's. Stylistically similar to Anishinaabe or Delaware work. Part of the Charles H. Stevens Collection. Acquired by the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology from Mrs. Owen Stevens in 1945.
Attribution based on stylistic features: the alternation of edging colours is characteristic of Anishinaabe work, but these could also be Delaware, or possibly from another group.
Museum documentation and observations made by the GRASAC research team.
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black cloth; green braid; red cotton tape; yellow cotton tape; black tape; small (size 12?) glass beads in white, pink, blue, and yellow; red heart beads; black thread; brown thread
Black cloth panels edged with ribbon and one-bead picot edging. Beadwork decorates pieces that would have been the sides of each legging. Black tape is attached to what would have been the tops of each legging. The leggings have been cut length-wise, into four pieces.
The beadwork is suggestive of hourglass (Thunderbird) and horned serpent motifs.
components
Panel 1 (with double curves) 54 l x 21 w
Panel 2 (back of #1) 54 l x 20.5
Panel 3 (with double curve motifs) 54 l x 27.5
Panel 4 (back of Panel 3) 54 l x 14
Provenance
Part of the Charles H. Stevens collection, no record of Owen's source or date of acquisition
About This GRASAC Record
GRASAC study visit, participants: David Penney, Ruth Phillips, Stacey Loyer, William Wierzbowski, December 3, 2009
GRASAC study visit, participants: David Penney, Ruth Phillips, Stacey Loyer, William Wierzbowski, December 3, 2009