Materials

Black dyed deerskin, moose hair, porcupine quills, tin cones, dyed animal hair (horsehair?)

Techniques or Format

Hightop moccasin with vamp. 2 separate pieces of deerskin are sewn to create both sides of the "hightop". Vamp decorated with moosehair embroidery in curvilinear possibly floral motifs and bordered with bands of plaited quillwork and moosehair embroidery. "High tops" are ornamented at wth bottom edge with a fringe of tin cones filled with dyed animal hair. The high top panels decorated with moosehair emboirdery in foliate and floral motifs, top edge decorated with two bands of plaited quillwork.

Other Notes

Huron-Wendat ; Mohawk - according to catalog data, but appear Huron Wendat

Dimensions: 22.4 × 9.5 × 7.5 cm

Condition: Very fragile, deerskin is stiff. Many cones are missing from one side. Missing quillwork

Current Location: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Cambridge, MA, USA

Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: 88-51-10/50795

Date Relative was First Removed or Collected from its Community Context: before 1888.

Previous Collectors: George Catlin

Collection Narratives and Histories

Collected by George Catlin at an unknown date/place; Exchange with the Smithsonian Institution in 1888.

GKS Reference Number: 45101

Record Creation Context

Visit to Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University (Cambridge, MA) of Wahsontiio Cross and Alexandra Nahwegahbow, assisted by Meredith Vasta on 11-12 August 2015.