man's leggings

man's leggings

man's leggings

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Introduction

Man's leggings. Hodenosaunee, Seneca. From the Six Nations of the Grand River Reservation, Ontario. Collected by Joseph Keppler and acquired by the National Museum of the American Indian in 1906.

Nation of Maker: Hodenosaunee/Haudenosaunee Seneca
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular nation(s)

Information from catalogue card.

Place of Origin: Six Nations of the Grand River Territory
Summary of Source(s) for this Relative

Information from the catalogue card.

Materials

navy woolen cloth with a selvedge line of red, blue (undyed) and yellow along the top, and yellow down the side; red silken tape, opaque white beads sizes 10 and 12; bluish-green cotton cord, beige and black thread.

Techniques or Format

Each legging is made from a single piece of cloth. They are sewn closed with black thread.

The cord is sewn to the top of one of the leggings and on the other legging, there are stitches in beige thread on the top, suggesting there was once a cord attached to it as well. Size 10 beads have been used for the edging, white the size 12 beads are found in the beadwork sewn on the leggings.

Motifs and Patterns

Bottom: top to bottom: a row of loops, close together - the top of every other one has a circle/ row of chained circles with pattern - two with circles on top, one without.

Dimensions: 75 × 26 × 0 cm
Current Location: National Museum of the American Indian, Washington, D.C. USA
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: 011880
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1906
Collection Narratives and Histories

Joseph W. Keppler

GKS Reference Number: 26636
Record Creation Context

This record was created by Stacey Loyer while at the NMAI on a Visiting Student fellowship, November 3-December 15 2009.

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