woman's leggings

woman's leggings

woman's leggings

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Introduction

Single woman's legging. Hodenosaunee, Mohawk. From the Awkwasase Reservation, St. Regis. Collected by Mark Raymond Harrington from Mrs. Peter La France and acquired by the National Museum of the American Indian in 1907.

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

Information from catalogue card.

Place of Origin: Akwesasne
Summary of Source(s) for this Relative

Information from the catalogue card.

Materials

black woolen cloth, dark blue, dark green, red, salmon, yellow, and light blue silken ribbon, opaque white beads size 12 or 14, beige thread.

Techniques or Format

Ribbonwork and beadwork.

Motifs and Patterns

Bottom: ribbonwork, zig zags
Side: three rows of single-beads separated by thin lines of ribbon/ wide inward facing double curves.

Other Notes

There is a similar pair of leggings at the CMC, also from the Grand River Reservation (III-I-98).

Dimensions: 43.5 × 18 × 0 cm
Current Location: National Museum of the American Indian, Washington, D.C. USA
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: 014631
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1907
Collection Narratives and Histories

Mark Raymond Harrington

GKS Reference Number: 26199
Record Creation Context

This record was created by Stacey Loyer while at the NMAI on a Visiting Student fellowship, under the supervision of Prof. Ann McMullen, from November 3-December 15 2009.

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