woman's leggings

woman's leggings

woman's leggings

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Introduction

Two pairs of women's leggings. Hodenosaunee, from the Six Nations of the Grand River Reservation. 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 from the catalogue card.

Materials

Pair 1: blue woolen cloth, medium blue silken tape, purple cotton tape faded to beige in some areas, beige and black thread, opaque white beads size 12 (with slight variations in size).

Pair 2: Black woolen cloths (at least three different kinds), burgundy, salmon, purple, medium blue and turquoise silken ribbon, size 8 beads in clear, translucent mustard, blue, red, pink and green, opaque green and cut black, black and grey thread.

Techniques or Format

Pair 2: possible machine sewing where the bottom panel is pieced to the top parts?

Motifs and Patterns

Pair 1 - Bottom: bottom to top: a row of downward-pointing triangles/ row of loops/ row of joined diagonal double curves.
Side: bottom to top: a row of downward-pointing triangles/row of loops (which is a few cm longer than the row of triangles)
Pair 2 - Bottom: bottom to top: diagonal double curve.
Side: a row of chained circles.

Current Location: National Museum of the American Indian, Washington, D.C. USA
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: 011876
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1906
Collection Narratives and Histories

Joseph W. Keppler

GKS Reference Number: 25034
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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