woman's leggings

woman's leggings

woman's leggings

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Introduction

Woman's leggings. Hodenosaunee, Seneca, from the Tonawanda Reservation, New York. Collected by Joseph W. Keppler and acquired by the National Museum of the American Indian in 1906.

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

Brown woolen cloth; brown cotton tape; sizes 12 and 10 opaque white beads; a single size 12 translucent green bead; beige thread; black thread.

Techniques or Format

The bottom two thirds of both leggings is a single piece of cloth, with the top third made of pieces sewn together. The leggings themselves are sewn up the front, with a 4cm space left open at the bottom. They are cut to flare out at the bottom.

Motifs and Patterns

Bottom: from bottom to top: single row of zigzags, with a circle on the top of every other other one.
Side: single row of zig zags.
Edging: single bead picot.

Dimensions: 40.5 × 22 × 0 cm
Current Location: National Museum of the American Indian, Washington, D.C. USA
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: 009464
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1906
Collection Narratives and Histories

Joseph W. Keppler

GKS Reference Number: 26306
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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