Moccasins
name: label: Culture/People
content: Wyandot
label: Previous owner
content: George Ellicott, Non-Indian, 1760-1832
label: Previous owner
content: John Bentley Lea (J. B. Lea), Non-Indian, 1881-1945
notes: label: Collection History
content: Said to have been collected in 1799, probably by George Ellicott (1760-1832, Quaker emissary to the Indians of the Upper Sandusky and founder of Ellicott City, Maryland); passed down in the Ellicott family and inherited by John Bentley Lea (1881-1945, said to be a great-great-grandchild of George Ellicott); lent to MAI by John Bentley Lea in 1926 and never reclaimed.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Ohio; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Wyandot
label: See related items
content: Clothing/Garments: Footwear
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 14/9601
label: Barcode
content: 149601.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Clothing/Garments: Footwear
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Moccasins
label: Media/Materials
content: Hide, silk ribbon, glass bead/beads, porcupine quills
label: Techniques
content: Embroidered, quill embroidered, ribbonwork appliqué, edge beaded