leggings

leggings

leggings

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Introduction

leggings, made by Caroline Gros-Louis, collected by Marius Barbeau, Huron-Wendat (Huron), Lorette, Quebec, 1800s-1911.

Nation of Maker: Huron-Wendat
Nation of Origin

museum documentation

Place of Origin: Wendake
Date Made or Date Range: 1800s to 1911
Materials

Identified by the CMC as stroud, but the GRASAC team (Judy Hall, Ruth Phillips, Linda Sioui) have found it to be felt made to look like stroud. Red silk ribbon edging, black velvet, cotton thread, moosehair, tanned unsmoked hide fringe.

Additional Context

(LS) "probably more comfortable than real stroud - thinner."

Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses

museum documentation

Current Location: Canadian Museum of History, Ottawa, Canada
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: III-H-119
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1911-08-uu
Who the Institution Acquired the Relative or Heritage Item From: C.M. Barbeau
Date Relative was First Removed or Collected from its Community Context: 1911
GKS Reference Number: 26511
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: Judy Hall (JH), Jonathan Lainey (JL), Stacey Loyer (SL), Aaron Mills (AM), Ruth Phillips (RP), Linda Sioui (LS), Anne de Stecher (AS)

Approximate Place of Origin

46.869279102, -71.347896113

Source of Information about Places

Eastern Great Lakes--

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