moccasins

moccasins

moccasins

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mocassins

Date Made or Date Range: 1700s to 1925
Materials

hidefabricbeads, white, yellow, black, blueyarn, red

Dimensions: 28.5 × 12 × 0 cm
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses

This MNAEF record for this item states it was collected by Mrs. Kingsmith Mavies and was acquired by the museum in 1925 through Giglioli.

Current Location: Museo di Antropologia e Etnologia, Florence, Italy
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: 20130
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1925
Who the Institution Acquired the Relative or Heritage Item From: Mrs. Kingsmith Mavies
Collection Narratives and Histories

This MNAEF record for this item states it was collected by Mrs. Kingsmith Mavies and was acquired by the museum in 1925 through Giglioli.

Source for Provenance information

The MNAEF record describes the beads as "conterie." Both the MNAEF catalogue and the record accompanying the moccasins have named them as slippers [pantofole].

GKS Reference Number: 26449
Record Creation Context

This record was created as part of a research project, funded by a Faculty Research Grant from the Canadian Embassy in Italy in August 2007, Emanuela Rossi.

Record Creation Notes/Observations

Stacey Loyer helped with the translation for this record.

Approximate Place of Origin

45.8, -83.9

Source of Information about Places

The MNAEF record for this item states that the moccasins came from Indians living on the prairies of North America. However, a note added to the record at a later time says that the moccasins are not from the prairies, but from the Great Lakes [Non sono "Praterie" ma Grandi Laghi]. The MNAEF catalogue entry for this item states that the moccasins came from North American Indians.

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