moccasins
moccasins
moccasins
Moccasins decorated with porcupine quillwork. Eastern Great Lakes.
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Lightly smoked deer hide, porcupine quillwork red, black, yellow and white, metal cones with red dyed animal hair, white pony beads, red ochre rubbed on the cuffs and the vamp
Quillwork also on heel seam
Provenance
About This GRASAC Record
Unknown artist, moccasins. Currently in the British Museum, Am.2638.a-b. Item photographed and described as part of a GRASAC research trip December 2007; GRASAC item id 26717.
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), John Borrows (JB), Lindsay Borrows (LB), Darlene Johnston (DJ), Stacey Loyer (SL), Janis Monture (JM), Bruce Morito (BM), Ruth Phillips (RP), Cory Willmott (CW).