Moccasin

Museum number:

2-56539b

Permalink:

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Alternate number:

30 (original number)

Accession number:

Acc.2862

Description:

Moccasin, part of a pair; buckskin with flannel lining; floral design in red, green and yellow glass trade beads; length 23.5 cm each. Worn by both men and women inside and outside in winter for warmth; also made for tourists. Native name and meaning: "Misschin; miss, big; sschin, thing that you hold gets tired.

Donor:

Lucy W. Turner and University Appropriation

Collection place:

Kashechewan, Ontario, Canada

Culture or time period:

Cree

Collector:

Lucy W. Turner

Collection date:

May 1972

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Moccasins

Function:

2.1 Daily Garb

Accession date:

February 20, 1974

Department:

Native US and Canada (except California)