Leggings

Item number 579/3 a-b from the MOA: University of British Columbia.

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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.