leggings

leggings

leggings

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Introduction

leggings, woman's with beaded design along bottom edge, collected by Edward Sapir, 1911, Onkwehonwe (Hodenosaunee, Iroquois, Cayuga), Six Nations Reserve, Brantford, Ontario, 1900s.

Nation of Maker: Hodenosaunee/Haudenosaunee
Nation of Origin

museum documentation

Place of Origin: Six Nations of the Grand River Territory
Date Made or Date Range: 1900s to 1911
Materials

Dark blue stoud, white beads, ribbon faded blue (was medium blue originally)

Techniques or Format

Unusual deep edge of selvage as part of upper band. Lower edge is bound and frayed.

Motifs and Patterns

Side designs are very similar to III-I-196. Card notes that these should also be connected with III-I-910, a Cayuga pair.

Other Notes

Photography note: Jameson Brant sensibly suggested that we photograph the leggings as they would have been worn, with the decorative foot slit at the front.

Condition: Fair, moth holes, ribbon has deteriorated. ribbon is fair.
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses

has been worn

Current Location: Canadian Museum of History, Ottawa, Canada
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: III-I-39a-b
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1911
Who the Institution Acquired the Relative or Heritage Item From: Sapir, E.
Date Relative was First Removed or Collected from its Community Context: 1911
GKS Reference Number: 26227
How to Cite this Item

Item to be cited by catalog number, collection and institution.

Record Creation Context

GRASAC sponsored research trip to the CMC, June 16 to 20. Supported by the SSHRC Aboriginal Research Grant, 2007-2010

Record Creation Notes/Observations

Researchers present: Ruth Phillips (RP), Judy Hall (JH), Anne de Stecher (AS), Heidi Bohaker (HB), Aaron Mills (AM), Janis Monture (JM), John Moses (JMoses), Jameson Brant (JBrant), Julie Hughes (JHughes).

Approximate Place of Origin

43.0703, -80.1184

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