1 Pair 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; 6 piece pattern - (1) foot and lower sides, puckered to (2) long U-shaped inserted tongue; (3 and 4) narrow piece each side of ankle between lower piece and (5 and 6) ankle flaps. Decoration: geometric border and elaborate floral centers both U insert and ankle flaps, in quillwork, fine, short stitches. Quill colors - orange, blue and natural. Ankle flaps edged in purple silk. Dr. Wm. Fenton, BAE, said this type probably late 18th Century or early 19th Century Huron or Mohawk from vicinity of Catholic Missions. 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: Huron (Wendat) (?)
label: Culture
content: Iroquois (Haudenosaunee) (?)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 010638
label: USNM Number
content: E386563-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Moccasin