Leggings Item Number: 2710/2 a-b from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Pair of hand sewn fabric leggings with ties. Dark blue cloth has green satin backing and is embroidered in red, yellow and green. At the back of each legging, at the bottom of the slit, are two long ties of folded blue cloth and another long tie has been sewn at its mid-point onto the front near top centre.
Narrative
Given to donor in Nibutani, Japan in 2005. In 1986 Gloria was invited to an international conference in Sweden, sponsored by UNESCO (she was recommended by staff at the American Museum of Natural History, who had worked with her). At the conference Gloria met Shigeru Kayano (1926-2006), an important political and cultural leader of the Ainu. Gloria, and others at Alert Bay, invited 20 Ainu people to visit them, including Kayano.
Item History
- Made in Hokkaido, Japan during 2005
- Owned by Gloria Cranmer Webster between 2005 and September 3, 2008
- Received from Gloria Cranmer Webster (Donor) on September 3, 2008
What
- Name
- Leggings
- Identification Number
- 2710/2 a-b
- Type of Item
- legging
- Material
- cotton fibre and silk fibre ?
- Part A
- height 34.0 cm, width 22.5 cm, depth 2.0 cm
- Part B
- height 32.5 cm, width 22.0 cm, depth 2.2 cm
Who
- Culture
- Ainu
- Previous Owner
- Gloria Cranmer Webster
- Received from
- Gloria Cranmer Webster (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Hokkaido, Japan
When
- Creation Date
- during 2005
- Ownership Date
- between 2005 and September 3, 2008
- Acquisition Date
- on September 3, 2008
Other
- Item Classes
- textiles
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 2710/0002 a-b