Materials

wool, cotton, seed bead, bias tape

Techniques or Format

Hand sewn, loom woven, (A,B) pair of leggings, cut in rectangular shape, made of stroud, cotton, with seed bead decoration, Red, blue, white stroud, Bottom edge bordered with brown bias tape, Top edge has 2 red, yellow, brown, green print cotton strips sewn to both sides of legging, probably used to secure legging, One side of legging decorated with rectangular strip loom woven geometric seed beadwork on clear background.

Motifs and Patterns

mountain, cross, squares

Original and Subsequent Uses

personal use on leg

Dimensions: 59.5 × 25 × 0 cm

Condition: Good

Current Location: Manitoba Museum, Winnipeg, MB, Canada

Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: H4-41-16 A,B

Link to Institution's Collections Database: https://manitobamuseum.ca/main/collections-research/collections-database/

Collection at Current Location: Cultural Anthropology Collection

Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1969/07/17

Who the Institution Acquired the Relative or Heritage Item From: The Curiosity Shop, 266 Edmonton St., Winnipeg, Manitoba

Exhibition History

MM Gallery exhibit: "New Beginnings: Ojibway" - PMW-26B

GKS Reference Number: 58905

How to Cite this Item

Manitoba Museum