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moccasins
moccasins
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Introduction
moccasins, collected by Chief John A. Gibson, Onkwehonwe (Iroquois, Hodenosaunee), Six Nations Reserve, Grand River, Brantford, Ontario, 1800s -1911.
Nation of Maker:
Hodenosaunee/Haudenosaunee
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular nation(s)
museum documentation
Place of Origin:
Six Nations of the Grand River Territory
Date Made or Date Range:
1800s to 1911
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Materials
Made from deer leg skins with hair, hoofs, and dew claws retained. Ankle flaps are of heavy, tanned and smoked skin. Ties of skin thong are attached both at fronts of ankle flaps, and at centre front of each moccasin, at base of hoofs. Sewing is with commercial thread.
Dimensions:
21.5 × 26.5 × 32 cm
Condition:
good
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-193 (A2)
Collection at Current Location:
Speyer Collection
Date of Acquisition by the Institution:
1911
About This GRASAC Record
GKS Reference Number:
27040
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