Moccasins

Museum number:
2-62033a-d
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210262033a@2dd
Accession number:
Acc.3450
Description:
Pair, made of animal (deer) skin. (a and b) Lower portion of moccasins, covering feet. Decorative panel inserted over toes is of brown velvet, with white, yellow, blue, red, pink, dark green, and clear beads sewn on in a floral design. (c and d) Upper portions of moccasins. White, blue, green, yellow, red, pink, and clear beads sewn onto dark brown velvet and red cloth background, in floral design.
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:
25.2 centimeters, width 12 centimeters, and 29.4 centimeters
Comment:
cf. 2-71325 (bag) has similar floral design using same color glass beads.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Moccasins, accession number 2-62033a-d, described as Pair, made of animal (deer) skin. (a and b) Lower portion of moccasins, covering feet. Decorative panel inserted over toes is of brown velvet, with white, yellow, blue, red, pink, dark green, and clear beads sewn on in a floral design. (c and d) Upper portions of moccasins. White, blue, green, yellow, red, pink, and clear beads sewn onto dark brown velvet and red cloth background, in floral design.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Moccasins, accession number 2-62033a-d, described as Pair, made of animal (deer) skin. (a and b) Lower portion of moccasins, covering feet. Decorative panel inserted over toes is of brown velvet, with white, yellow, blue, red, pink, dark green, and clear beads sewn on in a floral design. (c and d) Upper portions of moccasins. White, blue, green, yellow, red, pink, and clear beads sewn onto dark brown velvet and red cloth background, in floral design.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Moccasins, accession number 2-62033a-d, described as Pair, made of animal (deer) skin. (a and b) Lower portion of moccasins, covering feet. Decorative panel inserted over toes is of brown velvet, with white, yellow, blue, red, pink, dark green, and clear beads sewn on in a floral design. (c and d) Upper portions of moccasins. White, blue, green, yellow, red, pink, and clear beads sewn onto dark brown velvet and red cloth background, in floral design.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Moccasins, accession number 2-62033a-d, described as Pair, made of animal (deer) skin. (a and b) Lower portion of moccasins, covering feet. Decorative panel inserted over toes is of brown velvet, with white, yellow, blue, red, pink, dark green, and clear beads sewn on in a floral design. (c and d) Upper portions of moccasins. White, blue, green, yellow, red, pink, and clear beads sewn onto dark brown velvet and red cloth background, in floral design.

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