Materials

Felt, Ribbon, Glass beads

Motifs and Patterns

For each legging, there are several types of beaded patterns. There are two parallel lines and inside it there is a continuous zig zag design. The other design looks like a megis (miigis or cowrie) shell.

Original and Subsequent Uses

The leggings are used for attire. The woman's leggings are displayed as material culture at the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology.

Dimensions: 41.7 × 27.2 × 0.5 cm

Condition: A few white beads are missing on both leggings. The red cloth leggings are in fair condition.

Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses

Peabody Museum's database.

Current Location: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Cambridge, MA, USA

Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: 25-29-10/98195

Link to Institution's Collections Database: https://pmem.unix.fas.harvard.edu:8443/peabody/

Collection at Current Location: Peabody Museum Collection online. Ethnographic

Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1925

Who the Institution Acquired the Relative or Heritage Item From: Museum Purchase, Huntington Frothingham Wolcott Fund,

Previous Collectors: Susan Johnson

Collection Narratives and Histories

Elizabeth McMurray was the second owner.

Source for Provenance information

Peabody Museum's database.

Exhibition History

The woman's leggings were purchased from the Huntington Frothingham Wolcott Fund in 1925. Then, it was housed in the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology.

Publication History

The leggings can be found in the Ethnographic department: 25-29-10/98195

GKS Reference Number: 58967

Record Creation Context

Sheila Wheesk