woman's leggings

woman's leggings

woman's leggings

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Introduction

Woman's legging. 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

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

Techniques or Format

Each legging has a lower portion, made from a single piece of navy cloth, to which has been sewn an upper portion, made from the same navy cloth. The area of the leggings where the beaded border sits is lined with beige cotton. Both leggings are sewn up the front, with small spaces left at the bottom.

Other Notes

One of the upper portions is actually two pieces of cloth that are machine-sewn together. Could this have been cut from a piece of clothing, refashioned into leggings?

Dimensions: 4 × 2 × 0 cm
Current Location: National Museum of the American Indian, Washington, D.C. USA
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: 029661
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1910
Collection Narratives and Histories

Joseph W. Keppler

GKS Reference Number: 26471
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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