Moccasins
date: label: Date created
content: 1760-1800
name: label: Culture/People
content: possibly Wendat (Huron) (attributed)
label: Previous owner
content: Karl May Museum
label: Possible owner
content: Patty Frank (Ernst Tobis), Non-Indian, 1876-1959
label: Museum agent
content: Patty Frank (Ernst Tobis), Non-Indian, 1876-1959
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown; probably acquired at an unknown date by Patty Frank (Ernst Tobis, 1876-1959), an artist, collector, and historian who worked for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show and contributed his collection to help found the Karl May Museum (Radebeul, Germany), where he served as curator until his death; acquired by MAI through an exchange with the Karl May Museum in 1939.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Eastern Woodlands; USA (inferred)
setName: label: See related items
content: Wendat (Huron)
label: See related items
content: Clothing/Garments: Footwear
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 20/896
label: Barcode
content: 200896.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Clothing/Garments: Footwear
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Moccasins
label: Media/Materials
content: Hide, porcupine quills, glass bead/beads, metal cones, deer hair, dye/dyes
label: Techniques
content: Sewn, dyed, quill embroidered, edge beaded
label: Dimensions
content: 26 x 14 x 6 cm