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leggings
leggings
leggings
A pair of beaded leggings. Anishinaabe, from Spanish River, Lake Huron. The British Museum's object catalogue describes them as "Chief's leggings." Donated to the British Museum by Henry Christy between 1860 and 1869.
The British Museum's accession record says they were acquired at Spanish River, Lake Huron. They are likely Anishinaabe or Odawa. The British Museum's record attributes this as Ojibwe.
Created from information in the British Museum object catalogue.
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Red and blue cloth, possibly worsted serge; woolen fabric, beige; seed beads, white; brass thimbles; woolen yarn, beige, faded green and red.
Sewn and decorated with couched beadwork. Thimbles are attached as tinklers.
A repeating geometric pattern and single vertical line of linked diamonds run along the outside of both leggings.
Acquired by the British Museum between 1860 and 1869.
Provenance
Donated to the British Museum by Henry Christy between 1860 and 1869.
British Museum, North American Gallery: first peoples, first contact, June 1999.
JCH King, 'First Peoples, First Contacts,' (British Museum Press, 1999) p.64.
JCH King, 'Thunderbird and Lightning,' (British Museum Press, 1982) p.38.
Created with information in the British Museum object catalogue.
About This GRASAC Record
Unknown artist, leggings. Currently in the British Museum, Am.2575.a-b. Item photographed and described as part of a GRASAC research trip December 2007; GRASAC item id 26274.
This record was created as part of a Great Lakes Research Alliance for the Study of Aboriginal Arts and Cultures (GRASAC) research trip to the Pitt Rivers Museum and British Museum, December 8-22 2007, funded by a grant from the International Opportunities fund of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC).
Researchers present: Heidi Bohaker (HB), John Borrows (JB), Lindsay Borrows (LB), Darlene Johnston (DJ), Stacey Loyer (SL), Janis Monture (JM), Bruce Morito (BM), Ruth Phillips (RP), Cory Willmott (CW).