Moccasin, 1 Quilled
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: "Four piece pattern. (1) sole and sides (2) U instep insert (3 and 4) ankle flaps. Quilled decoration covers insert seam (technique is wrapped quills); on U insert - leaf designs in red and green quills; on sides of ankle flaps leaf an stem designs in red, green and natural colored quills. Border of red quills. Binding of black cloth around outer edge of ankle flaps; binding of green cloth inner ankle edge." Per Morgan Baillargeon, Canadian Museum of Civilization, 2009, the wrapped quills bordering the vamp are porcupine quills wrapping bird quills; moccasin is Cree style.
label: Notes
content: Decoration includes floral quillwork.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Apr 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: United States / Canada, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: (?)
label: Culture
content: Cree (?)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 010638
label: USNM Number
content: E386568-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Moccasin