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moccasins
moccasins
moccasins
Moccasins made of smoked deerskin, black cotton cloth, blue silk, pink silk, ribbon, and white beads. Behind the floral motifs on the front and cuff of the moccasins is blue ribbon applique. Collected by Martin Pitzer, this item is currently housed at the Weltmuseum Wien in Vienna, Austria.
In Martin Pitzer's "Index of Objects and Woks of an American Indian Tribe in the Far North, Together With a Description of the Same," he writes that the items in this book are from "the north ‐ eastern part of North America, and is called the tribe of the Otawahs, or Ottawas" (35).
GRASAC research notes created during an onsite visit to Weltmuseum in January of 2016.
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Smoked deerskin; black cotton cloth; blue silk cuff, pink silk, ribbon applique, white beads; medium blue silk bow.
Inset vamp but not a puckered toe; smooth toe with centre seam; black cloth edging ankle, blue silk cuff attached to black cloth; ribbon applique on cuff and vamp; pink silk edging ; underside of cuff is a black cotton support; on top is paper and silk applique and beaded on the edge of the pattern.
Floral motif.
Martin Pitzer collected this item; he travelled to the Great Lakes region in the 1850s.
Provenance
Austrian church painter Martin Pitzer travelled to the Great Lakes region, to "the Ottawa villages of Arbre Croche and Cross Village" in the early 1850s. He collected a significant number of items and brought them back to Austria to be part of an exhibition to raise money for the mission.
About This GRASAC Record
Unknown Odawa artist, moccasins. Currently in the Weltmuseum Wien, Vienna, Austria, 131757. Item photographed and described as part of a GRASAC research trip January 2016; GRASAC item id 59042.
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 January of 2022 by GRASAC RA Aidan Mitchell-Boudreau.