Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for E 1902.37, E 1902.35 A-B: 'Deerskin robe and a pair of leggings. The former, decorated with coloured hair, fibre, beads and paint, was worn by chief 'Black Hawk' of _____ tribe.'
Event Date
Author: maa

Context (Related Documents)
Catalogue card for E 1902.37, E 1902.35 A-B: 'Sauk and Fox (= Black Hawk's group)'
Event Date 10/6/1985
Author: Kirsty Kernohan

Context (Display)
Exhibited: Complete costume [E 1900.35 A-B, 1930.768 A-B, 1929.33] on display in Maudslay Hall, CUMAA until 1986.
Event Date 1986
Author: Nora J. Klages-Miller

Context (CMS Context)
It is unclear from the catalogue card as to which catalogue number belongs with which object. There was a duplicate card entry for number E 1902.37 A-B filed under North America- Unprovenanced. It is believed that it refers to the same items as those catalogued under Woodlands. Both cards have now been filed under Plains. The actual number on the objects is E 1902.37. [These objects have since been associated with and linked to E 1900.35 A-B and it is believed that they were erroneously accessioned again in 1902. Nora Klages-Miller 16/01/2025]
Event Date 20/11/1992
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
The leggings are fringed along the side. On one side they have a long strip of quillwork made up of rectangles and circles in white, blue and ?formerly red. On the other side are horizontal stripes drawn on with pigment.
Event Date 16/3/2005
Author: Kirsty Kernohan

Context (Amendments / updates)
Language group affiliation of Algonquian speakers was previously recorded in the cultural group field but this has now been removed.
Event Date 13/10/2024
Author: Rachel Hand

Description (Physical description)
Hide leggings with long fringe and panels of quillwork. Sides are sewn together along the quillwork panel; the leggings get wider about halfway up the leg and are open; each legging extends into two thin long strips on the bottom and two at the top. Quillwork panel in white, orange, and brown on the lower half of each leg; row of blue glass beads surrounding each panel; decoration consists of concentric circles and three parallel rows of quillwork; four pairs of painted parallel lines coming out from the quillwork; one side has parallel lines that extend across the width of the legging and go down the leg.
Event Date 17/1/2025
Author: Nora J. Klages-Miller

Context (Analysis)
It is possible that these leggings were also worn by Mahkatêwe-meshi-kêhkêhkwa, also known as Black Hawk, and were part of an outfit that was worn together. They were accessioned at the same time as the shirt (E 1900.35 A) and have quillwork that is very similar to that on the shirt. The beads around the quillwork are also very similar to those that border the beadwork strips on the shirt.
Event Date 17/1/2025
Author: Rachel Hand

Context (Amendments / updates)
The Cultural Group field previously read 'Sauk; Fox; Plains' based on the catalogue card. This field has now been updated to 'Sac [Sauk]; Plains'.
Event Date 30/1/2025
Author: Kirsty Kernohan

Conservation (Freezing)
CON.2025.6141 | Freezing
Event Date 3/2/2025
Author: Kirsty Kernohan