woman's leggings

woman's leggings

woman's leggings

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Introduction

Woman's leggings. Hodenosaunee, from the Six Nations of the Grand River. Collected by Joseph W. Keppler and acquired by the National Museum of the American Indian in 1906.

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

Information from catalogue card.

Place of Origin: Six Nations of the Grand River Territory
Summary of Source(s) for this Relative

Information on the catalogue card.

Materials

blue woolen cloth, cotton cloth (printed with a plaid pattern - lines the inside of the leggings), brown cotton tape, beige thread, opaque white, blue, yellow, mustard and translucent red seed beads, approx. size 14 and opaque white beads size 12 (for edging). Six "white heart" beads used in place of translucent red in the beading pattern.

Techniques or Format

Legging A has been mended near the middle of the seam.

Motifs and Patterns

Bottom: a row of inward facing 4-curve motifs, with a central curve, with spaced filled with coloured beads.
Side: a row of chained circles.

Dimensions: 39 × 21 × 0 cm
Condition: There are some holes in the blue woolen cloth.
Current Location: National Museum of the American Indian, Washington, D.C. USA
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: 011876.001
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1906
Collection Narratives and Histories

Joseph W. Keppler

GKS Reference Number: 26777
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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