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mkizin deer hide moccasins
mkizin deer hide moccasins
mkizin deer hide moccasins
This pair of thin deer hide moccasins, mkizin, have white beading and silk embroidery in a linear pattern on the vamp. Some of the beads are missing. This same linear pattern is evident on the ankle flaps, which were likely sewn on after. The ankle flaps have blue beaded and green ribbon edging, though some of the beads are missing. There is a green ribbon on the right moccasin, which may have been used as a tie. The toes are puckered and have t-heel seams on the back. There is evidence of wear on the sole and the toe. This ancestor is likely from the mid-19th century and may have been made to sell. They are currently housed at the Ethnologisches Museum Berlin.
GRASAC researchers did not feel confident attributing these mkizin, moccasins, to a particular culture or nation.
Museum documentation and GRASAC researcher notes
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Deer hide; white and blue beads; tan and green silk embroidery; ribbon.
Puckering on the toe and t-heel seam work. Beading and silken linear embroidery are on the vamps, with the same pattern on the ankle flaps as well as blue bead edging.
A linear pattern in green and natural colours are on the ankle flaps and the vamps of the moccasins.
There is evidence of wear. Laura Peers described these as "slippers."
Year of acquisition and stylistic analysis.
Provenance
Museum documentation
About This GRASAC Record
Created by Nikolaus Stolle during a research visit to the museum commissioned by Ruth Phillips and supported by her research funds.
Augmented by Cara Krmpotich on March 25, 2024 using images and notes created during a GRASAC Research Visit to the Museum in May 2019, including Cara Krmpotich, Alan Corbiere, Laura Peers, Maureen Matthews, and Charles Feaver and Hannah Turner on photography. Curator Monika Zessnik supporting the team throughout the visit.
Museum documentation only provides "Canada" as a place of origin.