moccasins

moccasins

moccasins

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moccasins with three flowers, collected by Edward Sapir, obtained from Mennie Thompson, Onkwehonwe (Iroquois, Hodenosaunee), 1800-1912.

Nation of Maker: Hodenosaunee/Haudenosaunee
Nation of Origin

museum documentation

 

Place of Origin: Lake of Two Mountains
Date Made or Date Range: 1800s to 1912
Materials

Silk embroidered, buckskin

Techniques or Format

pair of caribou-tooth style moccasins, the seam from the thong terminated at a second seam which extended across the top of the toes and fulled in. Sole puckered around dented thong. Three flowers in red, white and mauve silk and leaves in green embroidered on thong of moccasins. The heel formed with a vertical seam extending up the back of the moccasins and a semi-circular flam sewn on top of it. Cuff with dented ends sewn around moccasin. Skin thong laced through 2 skin loops at both sides of vamp

Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses

museum documentation

Current Location: Canadian Museum of History, Ottawa, Canada
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: III-I-409a, b
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1912-05-01
Who the Institution Acquired the Relative or Heritage Item From: Sapir, E.
Collection Narratives and Histories

obtained from Mennie Thompson, Hull, Quebec.

GKS Reference Number: 26256
How to Cite this Item

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Approximate Place of Origin

45.4578, -74.0045

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