moccasins

moccasins

moccasins

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Introduction

Moccasins made with black dyed deer skin, porcupine quills, red dyed animal hair, red silk ribbon, and small tin cones. There are floral motifs throughout, showing colours of blue, orange (or red), and white. Originally collected by Johann Georg Schwarz in the 1820s, these moccasins are currently housed at the Weltmuseum Wien, Austria.

Name of Maker(s): Unknown Wendat artist
Nation of Maker: Huron-Wendat
Date Made or Date Range: Before 1822
Materials

Made of black dyed deer skin, porcupine quills, red dyed animal hair, red silk ribbon, and small tin cones

Techniques or Format

There is an inset vamp with two sets of cuffs, with a high cuff and a flap hanging down (very fancy)

Motifs and Patterns

There are floral motifs with several double curves

Dimensions: 23 × 11.5 × 0 cm
Condition: In very good, the bottoms show no sign of wear
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses

Johann Georg Schwarz collected this item, possibly when he traveled to Detroit and through Upper Canada in the winter of 1820-1821.

Current Location: Weltmuseum Wien, Vienna, Austria
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: 11977
Date Relative was First Removed or Collected from its Community Context: 1821
Previous Collectors: Johann Georg Schwarz
Collection Narratives and Histories

Johann Georg Schwarz traveled to Detroit and through Upper Canada in the winter of 1820-1821.

GKS Reference Number: 58995
How to Cite this Item

Unknown Wendat artist, moccasins. Currently in the Weltmuseum Wien, Vienna, Austria, 11977. Item photographed and described as part of a GRASAC research trip January 2016; GRASAC item id 58995.

Record Creation Context

In January of 2016, a small team of GRASAC researchers visited the collection to study and photograph it: Ruth Phillips, Lisa Truong, Naomi Recollet (Anishinaabe (Odawa/Ojibwe), Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory) and Wahsontiio Cross (Mohawk, Kahnawake). This GKS record was created in November 2021 by GRASAC RA Amelia Healey.

Approximate Place of Origin

46.8139, -71.208

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