Pair of men's leggings

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Introduction

Pair of men's leggings and garters made with blue wool, created by Alice Poodry (Seneca), at Tonawanda Reservation, New York, 1932. Leggings and garters decorated with white and blue glass beads in geometric motif. Collected by William A. Ritchie, Curator of Anthropology, Rochester Museum of Arts and Sciences, for the Indian Arts Project, and received by Peabody in an exchange in 1949.

Name of Maker(s): Alice Poodry (Seneca)

Nation of Maker: Hodenosaunee/Haudenosaunee Seneca

Place of Origin: Tonawanda Seneca Nation

Date Made or Date Range: 1932-1949

Provenance

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

Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: 49-10-10/29434

About This GRASAC Record

GKS Reference Number: 45139

Approximate Place of Origin

43.0612, -78.4489

Source of Information about Places

Local Origin: Tonawanda Nation of Origin: Seneca

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