Moccasins

Museum number:
2-71333a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210271333a@2cb
Accession number:
Acc.4445
Description:
Boot moccasins; rawhide uppers, sealskin soles, decorated around ankle area with various size glass beads in red, white, blue and clear; very stiff and dirty, shape distorted. Handsewn with sinew.
Donor:
Allen Maret
Collection place:
Subarctic, North America
Verbatim coll. place:
; Subarctic
Culture or time period:
Northern Athapaskan tribes
Collector:
Allen Maret
Collection date:
ca. 1840
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Moccasins
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
29 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Moccasins, accession number 2-71333a,b, described as Boot moccasins; rawhide uppers, sealskin soles, decorated around ankle area with various size glass beads in red, white, blue and clear; very stiff and dirty, shape distorted. Handsewn with sinew.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Moccasins, accession number 2-71333a,b, described as Boot moccasins; rawhide uppers, sealskin soles, decorated around ankle area with various size glass beads in red, white, blue and clear; very stiff and dirty, shape distorted. Handsewn with sinew.

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