Leggings (2), man's

Leggings (2), man's

Leggings (2), man's

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Introduction

Odawa leggings made from red stroud, glass beads (opalescent, clear green, opaque yellow), and silk ribbon. Collected by Albert G. Heath in Michigan around 1919.

Nation of Maker: Odawa
Nation of Origin

Odawa

Date Made or Date Range: 1900s to 1919
Summary of Source(s) for this Relative

NMAI records and physical examination by Cory Willmott and Ann McMullen, July 2007.

Materials

Common/coarse red stroud with corded list (.875 inch list), size 11 glass seed beads (opalescent, clear green, opaque yellow), narrow navy silk ribbon

Techniques or Format

Each legging is a single piece of wool cloth folded in half; they were sewn from bottom up (but now unsewn so unclear on how far up they were once sewn). Beadwork is on cloth and stitches go all the way through. Silk ribbon edging from about 2/3 up leg down and around to inside cuff edge. Cuff is trimmed from outside point to inside fold so inside is shorter, thus creating a slightly pointed outer cuff.

Motifs and Patterns

Beadwork: rows of ottertail on one side (front); one row on other side (back) one row of ottertail. Bottom/cuff design is Iroquois-type celestial domes and goes all the way around (front and back).

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

NMAI records indicate that item was collected by Alber Heath in 1919.

Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: 089074.000
Collection at Current Location: Heath Collection
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1/1/1919
Who the Institution Acquired the Relative or Heritage Item From: Collected
Date Relative was First Removed or Collected from its Community Context: 1900-1919
Collection Narratives and Histories

Heath, Albert G.; Collected

GKS Reference Number: 25681
Record Creation Notes/Observations

This record was created on site at NMAI by the GRASAC members listed below. Ann McMullen and Pat Nietfeld of NMAI supported the research onsite. Cory Willmott's research was funded by a grant from the American Philosophical Society. Southern Illinois University Edwardsville provided Cory with an RA, Ceara Horsley, in Fall 2008 to work on GRASAC data entry. (CH)

Approximate Place of Origin

45.8, -83.9

Source of Information about Places

Michigan, USA