leggings

leggings

leggings

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Date Made or Date Range: /1913
Materials

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Other Notes

Woman's leggings, pair, made from dark blue broadcloth, with extension of lighter weight cloth at top. Straight cut, seamed down outer side within two inches of bottom. Seam allowance extends to outside. Bottom and part of side edges are bound with red cotton cloth and edged with opaque white beads - every other bead is at right angles to beads along the edge of the material. Border design is worked in opaque white beads - a transverse band of white beads is flanked above and below with small isosceles triangles. Beads are attached by overlay stitch, using cotton thread. Sewing is by hand, using cotton thread.;;

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Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: III-I-904 a,b
Collection Narratives and Histories

1913/06/ - 1913/07/, Six Nations Reserve, Ontario, Canada, (Waugh) Woman's leggings, Mrs. Thomas Davey (Ca) per Hardy Gibson.

GKS Reference Number: 25323
Approximate Place of Origin

43.0703, -80.1184