smoked deer hide; porcupine quills, white and dyed red, yellow, blue, and possibly green; silk ribbon, navy blue; pony beads, size eight white; thread, linen.

The moccasins are of centre-seam construction. Rather than a T-heel seam, they have puckered-corner heels. A decorative element is found around the back seam, an area not often decorated. On each moccasin, one cuff is part of the body, and the other is done separately (CW has never seen this before). One of the moccasin's soles has a patch, covering a bullet hole in the original hide. Motifs on the cuffs are unevenly executed. Quillwork appears to be of medium quality (CW).

Cuff motifs are asymmetrical. Toe motifs are three rows of wavy lines forming chains of lozenges and loops around the outside. The centre has zig-zag banded quillwork.

CW says we need more work on Anishinnabe styles to be sure of nation of origin. CW says heel's puckered seam is rather odd.

1745-1785, based on materials (CW). The style of beads found on the moccasins is associated with the earlier fur trade. Also, the North West Company was trading this style of beads and ribbons when they came into being in 1785.

In 1884, the item was transferred to the Pitt Rivers Museum from the South Kensington Museum (later named the Victoria and Albert Museum). It was one of several items delievered to the South Kensington Museum in 1880, to be held until a permanent home was made for Pitt Rivers' collection in Oxford.

This record was created as part of a Great Lakes Research Alliance for the Study of Aboriginal Arts and Cultures (GRASAC) research trip to the Pitt Rivers Museum and British Museum, December 8-22 2007, funded by a grant from the International Opportunities fund of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC).

researchers present: Heidi Bohaker (HB), Al Corbiere (AC), Stacey Loyer (SL), Janis Monture (JM), Laura Peers (LP), Ruth Phillips (RP), Anne De Stecher (AS), Cory Willmott (CW).