Leggings

Leggings

Leggings

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Pair of hand sewn red stroud leggings with beaded blue satin ribbon border & horizontal 3 row stem designs, white bead zigzag pattern 2/3 up outer edge

Nation of Maker: Omushkego (Winisk-Swampy Cree)
Nation of Origin

Museum Records

Date Made or Date Range: Late 19th C; Early 20th C
Summary of Source(s) for this Relative

Richard Laurin; Summary of Description

Materials

Wool, red stroud; thread, black; canvas, pink backing; satin, blue ribbon; silk, blue tie; glass beads, blue, pink, black, white, beige.

Techniques or Format

Stroud rectangle folded in half and hand sewn with the seam in the back. Beads applied with spot-stitch technique with edges bordered with blue stain ribbon. Beading pattern symmetrical on both leggings.

Motifs and Patterns

Flowers and leaves

Original and Subsequent Uses

clothing, outer wear

Other Notes

Surface stains, ribbon slightly worn.

Dimensions: 41.2 × 23.8 × 0 cm
Condition: Good
Current Location: Manitoba Museum, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: HBC 53-28 A,B
Link to Institution's Collections Database: https://manitobamuseum.ca/main/collections-research/collections-database/
Collection at Current Location: Hudson's Bay Company Museum Collection
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1994
Who the Institution Acquired the Relative or Heritage Item From: Hudson's Bay Company Museum Collection
Date Relative was First Removed or Collected from its Community Context: Purchased by the HBC Museum from Agnes, Nov. 12, 1953.
Previous Collectors: Chief Factor James L. Cotter
Collection Narratives and Histories

Owned by Agnes Cotter, daughter of Chief Factor James L. Cotter.

Source for Provenance information

catalogue records

GKS Reference Number: 26028
How to Cite this Item

Manitoba Museum

Record Creation Context

Summer internship 2013

Record Creation Notes/Observations

Photos taken by Dr Cory Willmott.

Approximate Place of Origin

45.6426, -85.036

Source of Information about Places

Maskekowiyiniwak (Swampy Cree )

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