Moccasins
date: label: Accession Date
content: 4 Feb 1902
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. George B. Goode
label: Donor Name
content: Mrs. Sarah F. Goode
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "WITH BEADS AND PORCUPINE QUILLS." DEERSKIN, LINED WITH FADED PURPLE SILK, BOUND WITH THE SAME COLOR RIBBON TIED IN A BOW AT CENTER FRONT. THE QUILLWORK IS DONE ON RED WOOLEN CLOTH, BACKED WITH BIRCHBARK. QUILLS ARE BLACK AND WHITE WITH TRACES OF BLUE (OR PURPLE?) AND RED DYE ON SOME OF THE WHITE ONES. THE VAMP DECORATION IS BOUND WITH PURPLE RIBBON AND WHITE BEADS; THE CUFF BOUND WITH BLUE RIBBON AND SMALLER WHITE AND CLEAR BEADS. "...BOTH VAMPS AND CUFFS ARE BACKED WITH BIRCHBARK, & ARE DECORATED WITH QUILLS, THEIR ENDS INSERTED THROUGH THE CLOTH INTO HOLES IN THE BARK BENEATH. ..." RUTH H. WHITEHEAD, NOVA SCOTIA MUSEUM, 12/4/1978." FROM CARD: "MOCCASINS OF THE MICMAC INDIANS (ALGONQUIAN STOCK). MADE OF DEERSKIN AND LEATHER, SOLES TURNED UP AND PUCKERED. TOP PIECE LET IN WITH ANKLE BANDS AND EMBROIDERED. MODIFIED UNDER FRENCH AND ENGLISH INFLUENCE TO RESEMBLE THE MODERN SLIPPER. NOVA SCOTIA. 30,837; 30,838; 30,839; 30,840; 30,841; 131,353. COLLECTED BY G. BROWN GOODE AND MRS. A. C. JACKSON."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 9 Jul 2025
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia, Canada, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Micmac (Mi'kmaq)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 038947
label: USNM Number
content: E30840-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Moccasin