moccasins
moccasins
moccasins
A pair of beaded Seneca style Hodenosaunee moccasins lined in cotton fabric with centre vamp seam and separate red stroud cuffs with cotton ties. Beaded motifs include quartered sun and double curve designs and zigzag lines.
Museum documentation and observations. Seneca-type moccasins
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tanned hide, possibly deer(?); glass beads; red stroud; possibly silk ribbon(?); cotton lining; cotton tape for ties.
Moccasins are made of hide with a centre vamp seam ornamented with beadwork over green possibly silk ribbon. Separate cuffs are made of one continuous piece of beaded red stroud bound with cotton tape and green possibly silk ribbon around the top edge. Lined with cotton fabric, cotton ties are sewn on the inside of the cuffs.
Quartered sun motifs, double curves, zigzag lines
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Visit to Denver Art Museum of Alex Nahwegahbow and Ruth Phillips, assisted by Eric Berkemeyer and Kristin Strid on 22 Jan 2014.