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child's leggings
child's leggings
child's leggings
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Introduction
Child's leggings. Cayuga, from the Six Nations of the Grand River. Collected by Joseph Keppler and loaned to the National Museum of the American Indian in 1926.
Nation of Maker:
Hodenosaunee/Haudenosaunee
Cayuga
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular nation(s)
Information from catalogue card.
Place of Origin:
Six Nations of the Grand River Territory
Date Made or Date Range:
before 1926
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Materials
navy woolen cloth; blue silken ribbon; blue thread; black thread.
Techniques or Format
Each legging is made from a single piece of cloth. They are hand sewn. The leggings are sewn up the front seam, with a space of about 3cm left at the bottom. The space extends up to where the ribbon ends.
Dimensions:
24 × 15 × 0 cm
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses
They were loaned to the museum in 1926.
Provenance
Current Location:
National Museum of the American Indian, Washington, D.C. USA
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number:
144987
Date of Acquisition by the Institution:
1926
Who the Institution Acquired the Relative or Heritage Item From:
Joseph W. Keppler
About This GRASAC Record
GKS Reference Number:
24513
Record Creation Context
This record was created by Stacey Loyer while at the NMAI on a Visiting Student fellowship, November 3-December 15 2009.
Copyright
As this is part of my doctoral research, I would like to keep this record private until I've completed my dissertation.