Leggings, beaded

Leggings, beaded

Leggings, beaded

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Introduction

A sateen leggings with twisted red wool yarn drawstring, horizontal floral beadwork on black wool, vertical geometric loom seed beadwork on cotton backing

Nation of Origin

Records says "Cree?" and also notes Ojibwa style beadwork. (Maskekowiyiniwak (Swampy Cree ) or Omushkego (Winisk-Swampy Cree)

Date Made or Date Range: 1800s
Summary of Source(s) for this Relative

Condensation of Museum's description of artefacts in H4-12-35 A,B's records. Record dated to 2009-11-05.

Materials

Fabric, red and white cotton, faded blue cloth, black, red white, purple, green print cloth, black sateen, Twisted red yarn, black strip, wool, Thread, pink, Native made paper, Beads, black, beige, blue, green, brown, white, orange, purple.

Techniques or Format

Hand sewn, tubular shape, Made of black sateen with cloth folded over and sewn at the top to form fold for drawstring tie, Top decorated with pink embroidery thread in variation of "cows-feet" stitch, (A) lined with pieces of red and white cotton, Black, red, white, purple, green print cloth and faded blue cloth, (B) lined with same black, red, white, purple, green print cloth and faded blue cloth, Bottoms of both have a strip of black wool edged with beige cloth (faded from blue) attached, Wool decorated with applied overlay floral stem and leaf design, (A,B) have strip of brown cloth sewn to the length of leggings, edged with beige cotton (faded from blue), bordered with row of white seed beads, Centre length of brown both strips have white and red print cotton sewn on top of each other, stiffened with paper and possibly once covered with pink silk along edges, Strip of loom woven geometric designs of beadwork on a white field, sewn to the cotton, Cotton edged with two rows of orange seed beads which also form geometric designs on the top and bottom, Some of this latter work is now broken, Loom woven strip suggest Plains influence.

Motifs and Patterns

Geometric, flowers and leaves

Additional Context

Loom woven beadwork suggests Plains influence: i.e. 4-winds, cross, triangles.

Original and Subsequent Uses

personal accessory

Dimensions: 35.5 × 18 × 0 cm
Condition: Fair, Some broken beadwork
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses

Stated in Museum records. Date of Museum records: 2009-11-05

Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: H4-12-35 A,B
Collection at Current Location: Cultural Anthropology Collection
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1980
Who the Institution Acquired the Relative or Heritage Item From: Ladies' Art Institute, Winnipeg
Date Relative was First Removed or Collected from its Community Context: 1939
GKS Reference Number: 26896
How to Cite this Item

Manitoba Museum

Record Creation Context

Summer Internship 2013

Record Creation Notes/Observations

Photos taken by Dr Cory Willmott

Approximate Place of Origin

43.0703, -80.1184