Buckskin moccasins

Museum number:
2-56538a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210256538a@2cb
Alternate number:
29 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2862
Description:
Moccasins, a pair; buckskin with flannel lining; red, white, and blue glass trade bead embellishment; length 26 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
Accession date:
February 20, 1974
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Buckskin moccasins, accession number 2-56538a,b, described as Moccasins, a pair; buckskin with flannel lining; red, white, and blue glass trade bead embellishment; length 26 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.

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