Leggings, beaded

Leggings, beaded

Leggings, beaded

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Introduction

Black broadcloth leggings, with appliquéd floral beadwork using sinew, beadwork panels has ribbon border with a beaded inner and outer edging

Nation of Maker: Cree
Nation of Origin

Artefact catalogue record, last updated: 07/04/2013.

 

Place of Origin: Norway House, MB
Date Made or Date Range: Late 19th C
Summary of Source(s) for this Relative

Summary of catalogue description

Materials

Broadcloth, wool, Ribbon, purple, Thread, black, sinew, bead, paper.

Techniques or Format

Black woolen broadcloth leggings hemmed at either end, Black thread used for sewing leggings, Decoration consists of rectangular panel of same fabric heavily beaded, Panel bordered with purple ribbon which is itself bordered on the inner side with a single white line of beads and its outer border with a 2 bead edging, Sinew used for beadwork, and beadwork is backed on paper.

Motifs and Patterns

Floral embroidery

Original and Subsequent Uses

Worn on legs as outerwear.

Other Notes

Unused; beads missing on border of H4-0-817 A.

Dimensions: 41.5 × 21.5 × 0 cm
Condition: Good
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses

Artefact catalogue record, last updated: 07/04/2013.

Current Location: Manitoba Museum, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: H4-0-817 A,B
Link to Institution's Collections Database: https://manitobamuseum.ca/main/collections-research/collections-database/
Collection at Current Location: Cultural Anthropology Collection (William Konantz Collection)
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: Late 20th C
Date Relative was First Removed or Collected from its Community Context: 1850-1930
Previous Collectors: William Konantz
Collection Narratives and Histories

Collection handed down intact from McTavish to his eldest child. Edith McTavish married Robert Rogers. Mrs Rogers was the first woman MLA in Manitoba (1920) who gave the collection to Margaret (Rogers) Konantz whose eldest son William Konantz made the donation to The Manitoba Museum.

GKS Reference Number: 26101
How to Cite this Item

Manitoba Museum

Record Creation Context

Sumer internship at The Manitoba Museum, 2013.

Record Creation Notes/Observations

Photos taken by Dr Cory Willmott

Approximate Place of Origin

53.992712, -97.763469

Source of Information about Places

Catalogue records attribute this to Eastern Sub-Arctic Geo-Cultural area.

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