Moccasin Vamp and Cuffs, With Moosehair Embroidery
date: label: Accession Date
content: 20 Mar 1931
name: label: Donor Name
content: Victor J. Evans
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Four strips of moosehair with embroidery on red strouding with birch bark lining. Embroidery in floral pattern. Old specimen. 'This is the only extant example of Micmac moosehair embroidery on an article of clothing, although this was a common decorative technique in the early 1800's.' - Ruth Whitehead, Nova Scotia Museum 12/4/1978. 'Cloth, moosehair, birchbark. Moccasin vamp of red wool, backed with birchbark, embroidered with floral motif, using dyed moosehair. The moosehair is sewn through both cloth and birchbark backing. The bark contracts around the thread, holding the stitches tight. Two cuffs, also of red wool backed with birchbark, are embroidered in a similar manner with smaller floral motifs.' - R.H.W. (Note that one additional piece was on exhibit in NHB Hall 9, case 9, and thus was not described by Ruth Whitehead). Loaned to Nova Scotia Museum 10/1/79. Returned 4/11/80. Loan Glenbow Nov 13, 1987, loan returned Nov 25, 1988. Illus.: The Spirit Sings Catalogue, Glenbow-Alberta Inst., 1987, #E78, p. 29."
label: Notes
content: An alternate ID would be Huron (Wendat). Sources: Bruchac, Margaret, and Liliana Gurry. “Moose Hair Embroidered Birchbark Trays: French, Native, or Both.” Penn Museum Blog, November 9, 2018. Retrieved March 26, 2022, from https://www.penn.museum/blog/museum/moose-hair-embroidered-birchbark-trays-french-native-or-both/ . Sioui, Linda. “The Huron-Wendat Craft Industry from the 19th Century to Today.” Musée McCord Museum, 2007. Retrieved March 26, 2022 from http://collections.musee-mccord.qc.ca/scripts/printtour.php?tourID=cw_huronwendat_en&Lang=2 .
label: Record Last Modified
content: 28 Mar 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 4
place: label: Place
content: Nova Scotia (not certain), Canada, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Micmac (Mi'kmaq)
label: Culture
content: Huron (Wendat) (?)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 113605
label: USNM Number
content: E358752-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Moccasin