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1992.22.7.1

Pair of fringed skin leggings.

1992.22.7.1

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Collection type
Object
Description
Pair of fringed skin leggings.
Long description
Pair of fringed skin leggings, painted with horizontal black stripes and 'tadpoles', with vertical bands of red, white and blue beadwork to which are attached white weasel tails and red-dyed tufts of down. The beadwork is worked in lane stitch on hessian. Lines were drawn to help with attachment of beadwork: traces of these can still be seen. All sewing is done with commercial yarn.
Cultural groups
European
Person
Maker Newton David Munro Turvey
Field collector Unknown Collector
PRM source Kathleen Turvey
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1992
Date collected
By 1992
Acquisition information
Donated: 28/08/1992
Materials and processes
Material Animal Skin, Material Bird Feather, Material Bead, Material Animal Fur Skin, Material Yarn, Material Textile, Material Pigment, Process Painted, Process Beadwork, Process Woven
Dimensions
Length 1680 mm, Width: max 350 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1992.22.7.1 Accession number: 1992.22.7.2
Research and responses

Bill Holm examined these leggings (Easter 1993) and confirmed they are not First Nations work. [AP]

Search terms: Clothing, Clothing Footgear, Legging