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 or dyed skin; pattern is 6 piece; (1) base with lower edges of sides puckered to (2) inserted U-shaped tongue; (3 and 4) long, narrow strips between #1 and (5 and 6) ankle flaps. Decoration: - elaborately quilled floral patterns on U-insert and ankle flaps. Quill colors - orange, blue and natural. Purple silk edging around ankle flaps. Dr. Wm. Fenton, BAE, stated that this type moccasin probably Huron or Mohawk from vicinity Catholic Missions, late 18th or early 19th century. The floral designs 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: Iroquois (Haudenosaunee), Mohawk (Kanienʼkehá꞉ka) (?)
label: Culture
content: Huron (Wendat) (?)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 010638
label: USNM Number
content: E386564-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Moccasin