Moccasins

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Object Details

Culture/People

Seneca

Collection History

Collection history unknown; purchased by MAI or its agent from an unknown source in London, England, in 1924.

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Date created

1840-1880

Catalog Number

13/5376

Barcode

135376.000

Object Type

Clothing/Garments: Footwear

Object Name

Moccasins

Media/Materials

Hide, wool cloth, cotton cloth, porcupine quills, silk ribbon, glass bead/beads, dye/dyes

Techniques

Sewn, lined, overlay beadwork, dyed, quill embroidered, edge beaded

Dimensions

28 x 9 x 11.5 cm

Place

New York; USA

See related items

Seneca

Clothing/Garments: Footwear

On View

NMAI, New York, NY: Infinity of Nations, Woodlands

Data Source

National Museum of the American Indian

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws63dcd0cd1-defc-43c7-9684-865f232a48d7

Record ID

NMAI_145107