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) base and lower sides puckered to (2) long U*shaped tongue insert; (3 & 4) narrow strips each side ankle between base piece and (5 and 6) ankle flaps. Decoration - quillwork in one U-shaped outer band on tongue (orange) and in small, wrapped stitch floral designs on U-insert and ankle flaps. Orange, green and natural colored quills. Ankle flaps edgings of purple cloth. Dr. [William] Fenton, BAE, stated this type of moccasin probably Huron or Mohawk from vicinity of Catholic Missions near Montreal. The floral designs probably reflect French influence. Probably late 18th or early 19th century. - Feb. 17, 1948. 9-12-1985 Lent to NMAH Life in America exhibit. Loan returned: Sept. 1989."
label: Notes
content: Decoration includes moose hair embroidery, as well as some porcupine quillwork.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 7 Feb 2023
label: Specimen Count
content: 3
place: label: Place
content: St. Lawrence River, United States / Canada, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Iroquois (Haudenosaunee), Mohawk (Kanienʼkehá꞉ka) (?)
label: Culture
content: Huron (Wendat) (?)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 010638
label: USNM Number
content: E386562-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Moccasin