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Man's leggings, pair, made from red wool cloth, edges bound with purple, green, and pale blue silk ribbons. Edging of opaque white glass beads. Curving seam down outer leg, with seam allowance to the outside. Unseamed at lower leg, with three sets of metal hook and eye closures. Single tie of red wool cloth attached at the top of each legging, and remnant of foot loop at base. Sewing with cotton thread.;;

1780 C;;

(from Speyer, via Ted Brasser, National Museum of Man) Formerly in the collection of Sir John Caldwell. Caldwell was 5th Baronet, Castle Caldwell, County Fermanagh, Ireland. He served from 1774-1780 during the American Revolution as an officer in the 8th Regiment on Foot. He was stationed briefly at Niagara, then sent to Fort Detroit. Was made a chief of the Ojibwa and given the name Appato, The Runner. Took part in a council at the Shawnee village of Wakeetomike on Jan. 17, 1780; and supposedly councilled with Munsee, Delaware, Iroquois, Shawnee, Huron, Illini. A few pieces from his collection are in the Liverpool Mus. and they also have a complete set of color slides of the entire coll. (as does the Horniman Mus.). Cataloguer's note: These may be the leggings shown in Caldwell's portrait.

Benndorf and Speyer (1968)