woman's leggings

woman's leggings

woman's leggings

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Introduction

Woman's leggings. Hodenosaunee, from the Six Nations of the Grand River Reservation, Ontario. Collected by Joseph W. Keppler and acquired by the National Museum of the American Indian in 1906.

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

Information from the museum's catalogue card.

Place of Origin: Six Nations of the Grand River Territory
Summary of Source(s) for this Relative

Information from catalogue card.

Materials

red woolen cloth, with three black selvedge lines along the top, golden/green silken tape, opaque white seed beads size 12 or 13, beige thread, dark greenish brown thread (thicker than the beige thread).

Techniques or Format

There is a row of holes along the top of both leggings - possibly from being displayed.

Motifs and Patterns

Bottom: band of criss-cross design/line of loops
Side: line of chained circles

Dimensions: 4 × 24 × 0 cm
Current Location: National Museum of the American Indian, Washington, D.C. USA
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: 008376
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1906
Collection Narratives and Histories

Joseph Keppler

GKS Reference Number: 27235
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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