One Quilled Moccasin
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: "Skin moccasin, for rt. foot. [6] piece pattern; (1) bottom and lower sides of foot, puckered to, (2) long inserted U-shaped tongue; (3 and 4) long four sided, narrow pieces between No. 1 and (5 and 6) ankle flaps. Decoration - elaborate floral patterns in short stitches of quillwork on U-insert and ankle flaps. Ankle flaps edged in red silk. Dr. [William N.] Fenton, BAE, stated this type moccasin probably Huron or Mohawk from vicinity of Catholic Missions near Montreal - 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: 1
place: label: Place
content: St. Lawrence River, Woodlands (Northeast), 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: E386561-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Moccasin