moccasins

moccasins

moccasins

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Introduction

A pair of child's centre seam moccasins. Decorated with beadwork. Hodenosaunee, mid-nineteenth century. Donated to the Pitt Rivers Museum by Margaret F. Irvine in 1956.

Nation of Maker: Hodenosaunee/Haudenosaunee
Nation of Origin

RP attributes them to the Hodenosaunee from their centre seam and style, including their cut off cuffs.

Date Made or Date Range: 1840s to 1863
Summary of Source(s) for this Relative

Created from information in the Pitt Rivers Museum catalogue and observations made by the GRASAC research team.

Materials

deer hide, unsmoked; silk ribbon, once red but now faded to pink; beads, white, red and green; thread.

Techniques or Format

The moccasins have a centre seam and false vamp, with the beadwork done in a way that gives the appearance of a vamp. Pink silk ribbon covers the cuffs.

Motifs and Patterns

Linear style beadwork - stripes and triangles.

Dimensions: 22 × 10 × 0 cm
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses

Mid 19th century. The Pitt Rivers Object Catalogue states that they were probably collected in 1863 along with item no. 1956.3.16.

Current Location: Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford, United Kingdom
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: 1956.3.17
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1956
Who the Institution Acquired the Relative or Heritage Item From: Margaret F. Irvine
Date Relative was First Removed or Collected from its Community Context: 1863?
Collection Narratives and Histories

The moccasins were donated to the Pitt Rivers Museum by Margaret F. Irvine in 1956. They were probably collected by Miss Irvine in 1863, on the same trip as 1956.3.16

GKS Reference Number: 24382
Record Creation Context

This record was created as part of a Great Lakes Research Alliance for the Study of Aboriginal Arts and Cultures (GRASAC) research trip to the Pitt Rivers Museum and British Museum, December 8-22 2007, funded by a grant from the International Opportunities fund of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC).

Record Creation Notes/Observations

researchers present: Heidi Bohaker (HB), Al Corbiere (AC), Stacey Loyer (SL), Janis Monture (JM), Laura Peers (LP), Ruth Phillips (RP), Anne De Stecher (AS), Cory Willmott (CW).

Approximate Place of Origin

44.736, -88.788

Source of Information about Places

Stylistic features.

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