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; 4 piece pattern: (1) lower portion - foot and sides, puckered to (2) U-inserted tongue. (3 and 4) ankle flaps - upstanding, not folded over. Decoration: - quillwork in 3/15" bands covering U-insert seam, and similar bands in border of ankle flaps - orange and natural colored quills. Elaborated with fine line quillwork floral and geometric motives in orange, yellow and natural color quills on instep and ankle flaps. Horizontal border of each ankle flap in form of orange dyed hair wrapped with small tin tinklers. Dr. [William N.] Fenton, BAE, stated this type probably Huron or Mohawk from vicinity of Catholic Missions, late 18th or early 19th century. The floral designs may reflect French influence. - Feb. 17, 1948."
label: Notes
content: Decoration includes moose hair embroidery, as well as some porcupine quillwork.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Apr 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
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) (?)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 010638
label: USNM Number
content: E386565-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Moccasin