Sleeve

Sleeve

Sleeve

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Introduction

Sleeve made of black wool and lined with beige cotton with pink and gold patches, cuff edged with orange cotton and 6 rows of beadwork in a curvilinear design

Nation of Maker: Nehiyawak (Western Plains Cree)
Nation of Origin

Artefact catalogue record mentions "Plains Cree"and Nehiyawak as Nation of Origin. Catalogue last updated: 02/21/2013.

Place of Origin: Kawacatoose First Nation, Poorman Reserve
Summary of Source(s) for this Relative

Summary of Artefact catalogue record, last updated: 02/21/2013.

Materials

Cloth: black wool,orange and beige cotton; seed beads, blue,yellow, maroon; stain, pink, gold.

Techniques or Format

Hand sewn sleeve made of black wool with seed bead decoration; Consists of lower part of sleeve which has been cut off; Cuff end edged with worn orange cotton; Above cuff, sleeve decorated with 6 rows of bead work in curvilinear design; Lower part of sleeve lined with beige cotton stained with pink and gold patches.

Motifs and Patterns

sleeve decorated with six rows blue, yellow, maroon seed beadwork in curvilinear design

Original and Subsequent Uses

Sleeve. Legging? On owner's receipt, item is called beaded legging. T. Cochrane believes it is more likely to be a bottom part of a sleeve.

Other Notes

Much beadwork broken.

Dimensions: 35.5 × 17.6 × 0 cm
Condition: Poor
Current Location: Manitoba Museum, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: H4-42-185
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: 02/23/1970
Who the Institution Acquired the Relative or Heritage Item From: Purchase
GKS Reference Number: 25949
How to Cite this Item

Manitoba Museum

Record Creation Context

Summer internship at The Manitoba Museum, 2013.

Record Creation Notes/Observations

Photos taken by Dr Cory Willmott

Approximate Place of Origin

51.491, -104.4062

Source of Information about Places

Catalogue records attribute it to the Plains Geo-Cultural area.

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