Leggings Item Number: 579/3 a-b from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Pair of red felt leggings; two roughly rectangular pieces with ties attached to the upper corners and a set of five buttons at the bottom to secure the top and bottom around the leg. Multicoloured, patterned appliqué border around the bottom and two sides. White beads sewn along the sides and bottom edges. White band of felt across the top. Protruding, pointed pieces of felt hang behind the row of bottoms at the bottom; yarn pompoms attached to the tips of the points.
Narrative
Collected by Stephen Foster in St. Louis c. 1880; they later passed to his neice (the donor's mother), Katherine Foster Aikins of Naramata, B.C, and after that to the donor.
Item History
- Made in Missouri, USA ? before 1900
- Collected during 1880
- Owned by Harriet Aikins Beichman before December 10, 1979
- Received from Harriet Aikins Beichman (Donor) on December 10, 1979
What
- Name
- Leggings
- Identification Number
- 579/3 a-b
- Type of Item
- legging
- Material
- wool fibre, glass, silk fibre ?, metal and dye
- Part A
- height 64.0 cm, width 28.0 cm
- Part B
- height 64.0 cm, width 28.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Sioux ?
- Previous Owner
- Harriet Aikins Beichman
- Received from
- Harriet Aikins Beichman (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Missouri, USA ?
When
- Creation Date
- before 1900
- Collection Date
- during 1880
- Ownership Date
- before December 10, 1979
- Acquisition Date
- on December 10, 1979
Other
- Item Classes
- textiles
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 0579/0003 a-b