Legging

Legging

Legging

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Introduction

Legging of blue ribbed cloth with lining, Horizontal leather strips with pinked edges & fringes, Vertical leather strips sewn on, Tube & seed bead applique

Nation of Maker: Anishinaabe Plains Ojibwe
Nation of Origin

Artefact catalogue record also mentions Ojibwa, Saulteaux as Nation of Origin. Last catalogue update: 02/21/2013.

Place of Origin: Yellow Quill First Nation (Formerly Nut Lake)
Summary of Source(s) for this Relative

Artefact catalogue record, last catalogue update: 02/21/2013.

Materials

cloth, cotton; leather; beads, tube and seed.

Techniques or Format

Machine sewn legging constructed of blue ribbed cloth and lined with white cotton. Top bordered with appliqued strip of pinked leather. Below, is machine sewn fringed piece of leather. One side of legging is decorated with 2 vertical rows of pinked leather, hand sewn to legging. Vertical leather pieces decorated with 2 vertical rows of translucent faceted tube and seed beads in jumping stitch.

Original and Subsequent Uses

Personal accessory

Dimensions: 32 × 38.5 × 0 cm
Condition: Good
Current Location: Manitoba Museum, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: H4-41-332
Link to Institution's Collections Database: https://manitobamuseum.ca/main/collections-research/collections-database/
Collection at Current Location: Cultural Anthropology Collection
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 06/12/1970
Who the Institution Acquired the Relative or Heritage Item From: Purchase
GKS Reference Number: 26769
How to Cite this Item

Manitoba Museum

Record Creation Context

Summer internship at The Manitoba Museum, 2013.

Record Creation Notes/Observations

Photos taken by Dr Cory Willmott.

Approximate Place of Origin

52.302, -103.625

Source of Information about Places

Catalogue record attributes it to the Plains Geo-Cultural area.

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