moccasins

moccasins

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Introduction

Pair of women's moccasins. Light coloured buckskin with ties at ankles, adorned with green and white beadwork. Seneca, made by Lillian Blackchief of the Tonawanda Reservation.

Name of Maker(s): Lillian Blackchief
Nation of Maker: Hodenosaunee/Haudenosaunee Seneca
Nation of Origin

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Reasons for connecting this relative with particular nation(s)

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Place of Origin: Tonawanda Seneca Nation
Materials

Buckskin, green and white glass beads.

Dimensions: 24 × 7.8 × 8.4 cm
Condition: Excellent.
Current Location: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Cambridge, MA, USA
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: 49-10-10/29427
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1949
Who the Institution Acquired the Relative or Heritage Item From: Exchange with Rochester Museum of Arts and Sciences; Intermediary: William A. Ritchie.
GKS Reference Number: 58902
How to Cite this Item

Image © President and Fellows of Harvard College, Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, 49-10-10/29427

Record Creation Context

Record created by Autumn Epple GRASAC RA on May 27, 2021

Approximate Place of Origin

43.0612, -78.4489

Source of Information about Places

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