Leggings

Item number 2710/2 a-b from the MOA: University of British Columbia.

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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.