leggings

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Introduction

Pair of buckskin leggings, beaded and fringed.

Name of Maker(s): Indigenous artist

Nation of Maker: Ojibwe Other

Nation of Origin

Blackfoot (Peabody Museum's database).

Place of Origin: Desbarats, ON

Date Made or Date Range: ca.1900

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Materials

Leather, Beads, and Thread.

Motifs and Patterns

The beadwork on the leggings has several images of tipis.

Original and Subsequent Uses

The leggings is worn with a lion-cloth and a shirt. Use for cultural material at the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, 38-44-10/12735.

Dimensions: 84 × 43 × 0.9 cm

Condition: Good conditions

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

Peabody Museum's database.

Provenance

Current Location: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Cambridge, MA, USA

Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: 38-44-10/12735

Link to Institution's Collections Database: https://www.peabody.harvard.edu/

Collection at Current Location: Peabody Museum Collection online. Ethnographic

Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1938

Who the Institution Acquired the Relative or Heritage Item From: Gift of Mrs. Henry H. Richardson in memory of Theodore Jewett Eastman

Date Relative was First Removed or Collected from its Community Context: 1900

Previous Collectors: Dr. Theodore Jewett Eastman

Collection Narratives and Histories

Provenance:
The Collector: Dr. Theodore Jewett Eastman (09/01/1900). The donor Mrs. Henry H. Richardson (05/02/1938)

Source for Provenance information

Peabody Museum's database.

Exhibition History

President and Fellows of Harvard College placed the pair of legging in the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, 38-44-10/12735.

Publication History

Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Classified as : Leggings, 38-44-10/12735 in the
Ethnographic Department.

About This GRASAC Record

GKS Reference Number: 58969

Record Creation Context

June 20, 2021 by Sheila Wheesk

Approximate Place of Origin

46.3455, -83.9188

Source of Information about Places

Lake Huron (Peabody Museum's database).