leggings

leggings

leggings

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Introduction

Leggings made of black-dyed tanned hide, decorated with quillwork, silk ribbon fringe, and white beads. Haudenosaunee or Odawa.

Nation of Maker: Odawa Hodenosaunee/Haudenosaunee
Nation of Origin

MdqB: Iroquois (an error in the inventory list, according to Feest), Odawa? (Feest)

Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses

Based on style and materials, Autumn Epple estimates they date between 1760 and 1850.

Current Location: Musée du quai Branly - Jacques Chirac, Paris, France
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: 71.1909.19.45 Am D
GKS Reference Number: 26328
How to Cite this Item

Unknown artist, leggings. Currently in the Musée du quai Branly, 71.1909.19.45 Am D. Item photographed and described as part of a GRASAC research trip; GRASAC item id 26328.

Approximate Place of Origin

43.0703, -80.1184

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