Moccasins

Museum number:
2-62034a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210262034a@2cb
Accession number:
Acc.3450
Description:
Moccasin toes, of animal (deer) skin. Decorative panel, covering toe area, is of black cloth, with white, blue-grey, blue, orange, pink, red, yellow, and light green beads and small metal discs sewn on in a floral design. Badly frayed and many of the beads are falling off.
Donor:
Edith Hamlin Dixon
Collection place:
Northeastern United States
Verbatim coll. place:
; Northeast
Culture or time period:
Iroquois
Collector:
Maynard Dixon
Collection date:
Before 1946
Taxon:
Odocoileus
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Moccasins
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Context of use:
Worn on feet.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 11 centimeters and length 15.5 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Moccasins, accession number 2-62034a,b, described as Moccasin toes, of animal (deer) skin. Decorative panel, covering toe area, is of black cloth, with white, blue-grey, blue, orange, pink, red, yellow, and light green beads and small metal discs sewn on in a floral design. Badly frayed and many of the beads are falling off.

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