woman's leggings

woman's leggings

woman's leggings

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Introduction

Woman's leggings. Hodenosaunee, Seneca. From the Tonawanda Reservation, New York. Collected by Joseph W. Keppler and acquired by the National Museum of the American Indian in 1937.

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

Information from catalogue card.

Place of Origin: Tonawanda Seneca Nation
Summary of Source(s) for this Relative

Information from the catalogue card.

Materials

Brown stiff woolen cloth; red silken ribbon; red cotton tape; size 12 opaque white beads; beige thread; black thread.

Techniques or Format

Each legging has two portions - a bottom portion made of a single piece of cloth, and a top portion, sewn to the bottom, made from a piece of the same cloth. The red edging is mostly cotton tape, however, a small portion on legging A is silken ribbon.

Motifs and Patterns

The band of small vertical lines in the beaded border are intentionally slightly diagonal, creating a tight zig zag effect.

Dimensions: 47 × 22 × 0 cm
Current Location: National Museum of the American Indian, Washington, D.C. USA
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: 197375
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1937
Collection Narratives and Histories

Joseph W. Keppler

GKS Reference Number: 26692
Record Creation Context

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

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