woman's leggings

woman's leggings

woman's leggings

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Introduction
Woman's leggings. Hodenosaunee, Seneca. From the Cattaraugus Reservation, New York. Collected by Joseph W. Keppler and acquired by the National Museum of the American Indian in 1910.
Place of Origin: Cattaraugus Indian Territory
Summary of Source(s) for this Relative

Information from the catalogue card.

Materials

red woolen cloth with a black selvedge line; black woolen cloth; light blue silken ribbon; size 12 and 10 (or 11) opaque white beads; size 12 greasy blue beads; beige thread;

Techniques or Format

Both leggings are made of single pieces of red cloth. One legging has a strip of black cloth sewn to its top and the other has fragments of thread along its top, suggesting a piece of cloth may have once been sewn around its top as well. The leggings are cut to flare out slightly at the bottom.

Motifs and Patterns

The brick-stitch style beaded edging is different than the 3-2-1 style usually found on leggings.

Dimensions: 42.5 × 22 × 0 cm
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: 029664
GKS Reference Number: 24565
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

As this is part of my doctoral research, I would like to keep this record private until I've completed my dissertation.