Made of cotton, hide; caribou, silk embroidery thread; yellow, blue, pink, red, green, white.

Pair of semi wrap-around moccasins, each constructed of three pieces of the finest caribou skin. The bodies of the moccasins are constructed from single pieces of lightly smoked skin, the toes superbly gathered and pleated, the heals with vertical seams including skin strips, with half moon shaped flaps at the based turned up and sewn over the bottom of the seams. The vamps, also of lightly smoked skin are edged with pink ribbon, overlain with embroidery in blue, green and red, the centre of the vamps with sprays of fat flowers, differing, but predominantly blue. The ankle flaps are of unsmoked skin, lined with yellow and black striped cotton, edged on the outside with blue tape and three lines of embroidery, mauve, yellow and blue. These are not proper wrap-around moccasins. since the flaps can not be turned up to cover the ankle, and indeed are sewn down. Instead at the front there are six holes, for laces of mauve coloured skin. On the soles are red labels for prices.
British Museum Online Record.

Flowers embroidered on each moccasin.

British Museum Online Record.

Mrs. Frances Kitson

Unknown Innu artist, moccasins. Currently in the British Museum, Am1936,1020.31.a-b. Item photographed and described as part of a GRASAC research trip December 2007; GRASAC item id 25779.

Record created as part of practicum, winter 2009.