woman's legging

woman's legging

woman's legging

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Introduction

Woman's legging. Hodenosaunee, Seneca. From the Tonawanda Reservation, New York. Collected by Joseph W. Keppler and acquired by the National Museum of the American Indian in 1928.

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

Information from catalogue card.

Place of Origin: Tonawanda Seneca Nation
Summary of Source(s) for this Relative

Information from the catalogue card.

Materials

thick black woolen cloth, brown cotton and silk cloth, burgundy silken tape, size 10 or 11 opaque white and light blue beads, beige thread, black thread.

Techniques or Format

Made from a piece of black cloth, with a 6cm strip of brown fabric sewn onto the top. The legging has been sewn up, with a 5cm long opening left at the bottom.

Dimensions: 4 × 21 × 0 cm
Current Location: National Museum of the American Indian, Washington, D.C. USA
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: 162019
GKS Reference Number: 24437
Record Creation Context

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

Copyright

Stacey Loyer Private Record (maker of record only)
As this is part of my doctoral research, I would like to keep this record private until I've completed my dissertation.

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