Delaware Child's Mocassins
Delaware Child's Mocassins
Delaware Child's Mocassins
Pomona College records, stylistic similarities to other examples of Delaware children's moccasins.
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buckskin, ribbon, velvet applique, beads in nine bright colors, multicolored thread.
Single pieces of buckskin, flaps hang over sides almost touching ground. Unclear if sowing on heels is by hand or mechanical. Bead borders (pink and blue; green and white) on inside and outside (respectively) flaps.
Beads over toes form geometric, tightly woven "arrow" shapes in alternating colors (in order from bottom to top: dark blue, yellow, green, pink, red, white, red, light blue, pink). Flaps feature uneven stripes with repeating triangles in darker colors (black, gold, red, purple). Three triangle motifs on each inside-flap, the central pattern in green and the other two cast in white. Six triangles to each motif, piled into two greater equilateral triangles, one above the other. Velvet applique tops flaps in green and brown.
Souvenir art
Institutional records and consensus for Delaware crafts incorporation into souvenir markets