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Moccasins, pair: each is made from a single piece of tanned, smoked skin, seamed vertically at heel, and in gathered seam down centre front; front seam, and ankle flaps are covered with loom-woven quillwork, and edged with quills in zigzag band technique; at lower edge of each ankle flap is compact fringe of metal cones and red hair; a pair of same tassels are attached on either side of quillwork on front of moccasins; quill colours are white, blue, red and dark brown and yellow. Sewing is with skin thong and string;;

1780 C;;

(from Speyer, via Ted Brasser, National Museum of Man, Ottawa) formerly in the collection of Sir John Caldwell; Caldwell was 5th Baronet, Castle Caldwell, County Fermanagh, Ireland; Caldwell served during the American Revolution as an officer in the 8th Regiment of Foot; he was stationed briefly at Niagara, then sent to Detroit and was made a chief of the Ojibwa and given the name "Apatto" The Runner; took part in a council at the Shawnee village of Wakeetomike on Jan. 17, 1780 and supposedly counciled with Munsee, Delaware, Iroquois, Shawnee, Huron, Illini. A few pieces from his collection are in the Liverpool Mus. and they also have a complete set of color slides of the entire coll. (as does the Horniman Mus.)

1) Benndorf and Speyer (1968); 2) Bo'jou Neejee #77.