Materials

navy wool, red satin ribbon,

Techniques or Format

A pair of men's leggings, each made of one piece of navy wool with sewn seam that terminates into slit cuff. Top edge of leggings are cut on a diagonal for wear. Beadwork of white and light blue ornaments the bottom of the leggings. Red satin bordered by beads is sewn along the bottom edge and slit. Garters made of one piece of navy wool, cut with triangular ends and trimmed all the way around with red satin. Ends of garters are beaded. At the ends of the garters, the red satin trim is bordered with beads.

Motifs and Patterns

Garters: 3 large diamond shapes with 4 smaller diamond shapes inside each. On one end, beadwork is white, on other end beadwork is blue. Same on both garters. Leggings: Parallel lines of white, with blue zigzags and triangles.

Dimensions: 104 × 36 × 0 cm

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

catalog data

Current Location: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Cambridge, MA, USA

Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: 49-10-10/29434

Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1949

Who the Institution Acquired the Relative or Heritage Item From: Exchange with Rochester Museum of Arts and Sciences with William A. Ritchie as intermediary

Date Relative was First Removed or Collected from its Community Context: before 1949

Previous Collectors: William A. Ritchie

Collection Narratives and Histories

W.A. Ritchie, Curator of Anthropology, Rochester Museum of Arts and Scineces as intermediary - Exchange with the Rochester Museum of Arts and Sciences in 1949. "We are sending you today by express prepared a collection of Seneca Indian articles made on New York reservations during W.P.A. times under the Indian Arts Project" - Correspondence from W.A. Ritchie to J.O. Brew 6/29/1949.

GKS Reference Number: 45123

Record Creation Context

Visit to Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University (Cambridge, MA) of Wahsontiio Cross and Alexandra Nahwegahbow, assisted by Meredith Vasta on 11-12 August 2015.