Materials

Cloth, wool, red stroud, calico cotton, bias tape, Thread, cotton, Buckskin, Brass balls, glass seed beads.

Techniques or Format

Hand sewn legging made of two pieces of red stroud exterior, lined with dark blue calico cotton, Bottom and side edges are (were) edged with faded blue bias tape, Hem stitched on with dark brown thread, Middle joint covered with bias tape with brown cotton thread using a whip-stitch, Buckskin thong whip-stitched on edges with brass beads begins roughly at same level as middle joint and continued to the bottom of legging, Beadwork is confined to lower (11.5 cm) legging and displays geometric design of straight lines and scallops, All beadwork has double row construction, with straight and scallop lines alternating except for the top two scallop lines, Beadwork secured with overlay stitch every 2-3 beads, with occasional double row anchoring.

Motifs and Patterns

Geometric design of straight lines and scallops

Original and Subsequent Uses

Worn on lower leg.

Other Notes

Beadwork noted as "good condition" - Collection record, updated 02/21/2013.

Dimensions: 35 × 20 × 0 cm

Condition: Fair, Edging tape badly faded and worn away, Red flannel has moth holes and stains.

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

Collection records indicate that this artifact was acquired by Paul Kane on his travels from 1846-1848.

Current Location: Manitoba Museum, Winnipeg, MB, Canada

Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: H4-41-25

Link to Institution's Collections Database:

Collection at Current Location: Cultural Anthropology Collection (Paul Kane Collection)

Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 02/07/1941

Who the Institution Acquired the Relative or Heritage Item From: Donation

Date Relative was First Removed or Collected from its Community Context: 1846/1848

Previous Collectors: Paul Kane

Collection Narratives and Histories

Collection made by Paul Kane on his travels from 1846-48. Was given by him to his patron, G. W. Allan of Toronto, Ontario. Mrs. R. D. Baker donated the collection to The Manitoba Museum in 1941. Prior to donation, the material was kept in the Allan home in Toronto and in their summer home at Kenora, Ontario.

GKS Reference Number: 27275

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