Moccasin, Man's
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: PROVENIENCE NOTE: IT IS THOUGHT THAT CATLIN COLLECTED THIS OBJECT IN 1832 DURING HIS VISITS WITH THE MANDAN, WHICH TOOK PLACE ALONG THE UPPER MISSOURI RIVER BETWEEN FORT UNION AND THE PRESENT-DAY CITY OF MANDAN, IN MORTON COUNTY, AND PARTICULARLY IN THE GREAT "MANDAN VILLAGE" SAID TO BE LOCATED NEAR PRESENT-DAY MANDAN.
label: Notes
content: From card: "Unique pattern; 5 piece moccasin: (1) soft skin sole (2) upper (toe and instep area only); (3) narrow tongue sewn to (2); (4 and 5) ankle flaps 2 1/2" high; in two pieces sewn together at back of heel, one forms rt. side, on left. Note: the sole piece turns up at back for 1 3/4" and is sewn there in a T shaped heel seam. But one piece of this moccasin is decorated - the toe covering - alternate cross bands of sky blue trade beads (lazy stitch, running lengthwise of moccasin), and quillwork, yellow background with elongated cross design in red orange. The quills are wrapped about a horse hair (foundation) and sewn in an unusual technique. This moccasin shows in old Catlin case photo - Neg. No. 11772-E. New photo of specimen - Neg. No. 37,911 E. Tribal provenience based on appearance of similarly decorated moccasins worn by the Mandan chief Mato Tope in Bodmer's litho. of him, 1833, Plate 46, Maximilian's Atlas. Early Western Travels, Edition. Loan: Denver Museum March 15, 1965. Returned 10/6/65.?
label: Notes
content: Decoration includes quill-wrapped horsehair, double-bundle stripes, per p. 67 in Holm, Bill, 2001, "Quill-Wrapped Horsehair: Two Rare Quilling Techniques", pp. 53-68 in Feest, Christian F. 2001. Studies in American Indian art: a memorial tribute to Norman Feder. Altenstadt, Germany: European Review of Native American Studies.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 7 Feb 2023
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Not Given, Missouri River (Upper), North Dakota, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Mandan (?)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 010638
label: USNM Number
content: E386530-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Moccasin