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.

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

Information from catalogue card.

Place of Origin: Cattaraugus Indian Territory
Summary of Source(s) for this Relative

Information from the catalogue card.

Materials

black and navy woolen cloth; burgundy cotton tape; red cotton tape; size 12 and 10 opaque white beads; beige thread; brown thread.

Techniques or Format

Each legging is made from several pieces of cloth, sewn together. They are cut to flare out slightly at the bottom. Remnants of red cotton tape and larger white beads on pieces of navy cloth near the top of one legging suggest pieces of an older pair of leggings were used to make this pair.

Dimensions: 44 × 21.5 × 0 cm
Current Location: National Museum of the American Indian, Washington, D.C. USA
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: 029666
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1910
Collection Narratives and Histories

Joseph W. Keppler

GKS Reference Number: 25532
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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