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Introduction
moccasins, collected by Edward Sapir, Onkwehonwe (Iroquois, Hodenosaunee), Tuscarora, 1800-1914.
Nation of Maker:
Hodenosaunee/Haudenosaunee
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular nation(s)
museum documentation
Place of Origin:
Tuscarora Reservation
Date Made or Date Range:
1800s to 1914
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Materials
Made from a single piece of tanned, lightly smoked skin. Seamed vertically at the heel, and at the centr front, gathered and seamed to toe. At proximal end of front seam, skin thong is laced through, forming two ties. Sewing is with patched with skin, from the inside
Dimensions:
24.3 × 9.5 × 0 cm
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses
museum documentation
Provenance
Current Location:
Canadian Museum of History, Ottawa, Canada
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number:
III-I-1023a, b
Date of Acquisition by the Institution:
1914-06-13
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GKS Reference Number:
26401
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