leggings

leggings

leggings

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One pair of brown, cowhide leggings with fringes from Manitoulin Island. Woven knee bands attached. Strip of red leather and beaded panels sewn on one side. Probably used in Hiawatha pageant -- regalia. Obtained from Thomas Aptasweh (Abotussaway) ('Little Current') by Dr. Paul Radin.

Nation of Maker: Anishinaabe
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular nation(s)

CMC catalog record.

Place of Origin: Manitoulin Island, ON
Date Made or Date Range: /1912
Summary of Source(s) for this Relative

CMC catalog record

Materials

Brown cowhide; red leather; white, black, blue, green and transparent beads; (a)cotton cloth ties, (b) rawhide ties; blue loom-woven wool

Techniques or Format

Garters are blue loom-woven wool with stitched-on lozenge design in red and green (prob. black) wool thread in a quilting stitch.

Motifs and Patterns

Beading is alternating sections of white background with designs of two connected triangles in black and blue, and sections in transparent beads on dark places.

Original and Subsequent Uses

Probably used in Hiawatha pageant -- regalia.

Other Notes

Fringes down leggings is tied in several places. Slits below upper edge hold ties, of cotton cloth on (a) and rawhide on (b).

Leggings are part of a complete outfit (III-G-36, III-G-37a,b, III-G-38, III-G-39).

Dimensions: 79 × 12 × 25 cm
Condition: Good
Current Location: Canadian Museum of History, Ottawa, Canada
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: III-G-37 a, b
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: June, 1912
Collection Narratives and Histories

Obtained from Thomas Aptasweh ("Little Current"), Ojibwa of Manitoulin Island.

GKS Reference Number: 25813
Approximate Place of Origin

45.5, -81.1

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