Moccasin 1, Decorated
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: "1 black painted or dyed moccasin; 6 piece pattern: (1) foot and lower sides, puckered to (2) long U-shaped insert; (3 and 4) narrow horizontal strips between #1 and (5 and 6) ankle flaps. Decoration: border and leaf designs with double-curve in fine stitch quilled lines on U-insert and ankle flaps. Edging of ankle flaps is cloth. Dr. [William N.] Fenton, BAE, stated this type of 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: 1
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: E386566-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Moccasin