1 Pair Quilled Moccasins
date: label: Accession Date
content: 21 Oct 1881
name: label: Collector
content: George Catlin
label: Donor Name
content: Mrs. Joseph Harrison Jr.
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Black painted skin; 6 piece pattern - (1) bottom of foot and lower sides, puckered to (2) long U-shaped tongue insert; (3 and 4) narrow, four sided pieces, one each side between base piece and (5 and 6) ankle flaps. Quillwork in elaborate floral designs on U-insert and ankle flaps. Colors - natural, orange and blue. Red cloth edging. Dr. Wm. Fenton, BAE, said this type moccasin probably Huron or Mohawk from vicinity of Catholic Missions near Montreal, late 18th or early 19th century. The floral decoration may reflect French influence - Feb. 17, 1948."
label: Notes
content: Decoration includes floral quillwork or moose hair work.
label: Notes
content: Decoration is floral moose hair embroidery, per Richard Zane Smith, Wyandot, 6-14-2013
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Apr 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: St. Lawrence River, United States / Canada, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Huron (Wendat) (?)
label: Culture
content: Iroquois (Haudenosaunee), Mohawk (Kanienʼkehá꞉ka) (?)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 010638
label: USNM Number
content: E386561B-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Moccasin