Woman's leggings
- Date created
- circa 1900
- Culture/People
- probably Pembina Chippewa (attributed)
- Previous owner
- Helen Eastgate Whitaker (Mrs. Simon P. Whitaker), Non-Indian, 1857-1945
- Anna W. Slaughter (Anna Whitaker Slaughter/Mrs. Eugene W. Slaughter), Non-Indian, 1887-1972
- Donor
- Anna W. Slaughter (Anna Whitaker Slaughter/Mrs. Eugene W. Slaughter), Non-Indian, 1887-1972
- Honoree
- Helen Eastgate Whitaker (Mrs. Simon P. Whitaker), Non-Indian, 1857-1945
- Collection History
- Said to have been collected by members of the Eastgate family, many of whom lived in the Spirit Lake area in the late nineteenth century; inherited by Helen Eastgate Whitaker (Mrs. Simon P. Whitaker, 1857-1945) of Orange County, New York and subsequently by her daughter Anna Whitaker Slaughter (Mrs. Eugene W. Slaughter, 1887-1972); donated to MAI by Mrs. Slaughter in 1970 in memory of Helen Eastgate Whitaker.
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- Place
- Fort Totten, Spirit Lake Reservation (Devils Lake Reservation); Benson County; North Dakota; USA
- See related items
- Pembina Chippewa
- Clothing/Garments
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 24/3956
- Barcode
- 243956.000
- Object Type
- Clothing/Garments
- Object Name
- Woman's leggings
- Media/Materials
- Wool cloth, cotton cloth, glass bead/beads, metal button/buttons, thread
- Techniques
- Sewn, overlay beadwork
- Dimensions
- 36 x 21.5 cm
- Record ID
- NMAI_259753